Centenary Review of The Asiatic Society of Bengal (1784 To 1883) Part. 1

CENTENARY REVIEW
OF THE
ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL
F r o m 1784 to 1883
by the Society
CALCUTTA:
PRINTED BY THACKER, SPINK AND CO.
CONTENTS.
•»—
\RT I.—HISTORY OP TEIH SOCIETY.
DR. RAJEKDBALALA MITUA.
PART II.— •AIICIIJK>UHJY, HISTOBT, LiTfiBATUBB,

BY UR. A, P. IL HOBBNLK
PART [II.—NATURAL SOIHBTOB,
PROI ik OF THE SPECIAL CENTENARY MEETIXG OF THE SOCIETY

CENTENARY REVIEW

From 1J84 to 1883.
HISTORr OF THE SOCIETY
RAJENDRALALA MITRA, LL.D., C.I.E
u i ) I i s i ) c t i ftp tf)e
CONTENTS.
PAGE. PAGE.
Asiatic Kesearches 47 Museum .. 31
Beadroll 74 Name .. 3
Bibliotheca Indica 61 Object .. 4
Books, European 22 Oriental MSS.... .. 24
Busts 30 Patrons .. 11
Coins 29 Pictures .. 30
Committees, Special 15 Presidents .. 12
Council 15 , List of .. 84
Funds 71 Proceedings ... .. 53
House 20 Publications ... .. 47
Inscription ... ... ... 28 -, List of ... .. 95
Introduction ... ... ... 1 -, Miscellaneous .. 70
Journal 51 -, Oriental .. 55
Library 22 Rules .. 5
—• , Summary of the ... 27 Sanskrit MSS., Conservation of 66
Meetings 17 Secrctaiy 14
Members, Associate 11 Secretaries, List of ... 84
" , Corresponding ... 11 Society, Foundation of the 2
, Foundation ... 3 Summary ... 80
"—~ , Honorary 10 Treasurer 14
Ordinary ... ... 7 Vice-President 13
Table of 83 Vice-Presidents, List of 84
Centenary IRevuew
ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL.
HISTORY" OF THE SOCIETY.

—
— Foundation of the Society — Foundation Members — Name — Object —
Rules — Ordinary Members — Honorary Members — Associate Members— Correspond in-:
Members — Patrons — President — Vice- President — Secretary — Treasurer — Council
— Special Committees— Meetings — House — Library— European book* — Oriental
Manuscripts — Summary o! the Library — Inscriptions —Coins — Pictures and Busts
Museum — Publications — Asiatic Researches — Journal—Proceed i u ^ — Oriental
Publications — Miscellaneous Publications —Conservation of Sanskrit Manuscripts —
Funds — Beiul-rull — Summary.
A HUNDRED years have elapsed—a century of arduous

and unremitting labour, and the time has now arrived
for a review of the progress made and of the services ren-
dered to the cause of literature and science by the Asiatic
Society of Bengal since its foundation. Such a review
Till be as useful in showing what has been accomplished,
as in su«-o-estin«- what has to be done in the vast field
which remains yet unexplored. It will be to the Society
what jWiodieal stock-taking is to mercantile firms. It
will also prove a source of profound satisfaction to those
who now represent the Society for the eminent success
with
Wl which they and their predecessors have worked for
th e advancement of. knowledge.
2 History of the Society. [PART I.
. For convenience of treatment, this Review will be

divided into three parts—1st, giving a succinct history of
the Society; 2nd, a resume of the papers published on
science generally ; 3rd, a precis of all researches into archaeo-
logy, history, literature, &c.
•The idea of forming the Society was conceived by Sir
Foundation of the William Jones, who came out to Cal-
Society
- cutta in October 1783 as a Puisne Judge
of the late Supreme Court at Fort William in Bengal.
A distinguished scholar and linguist, who had already ac-
quired considerable familiarity with some of the classics
of India, and enthusiastically devoted to oriental researches,
he soon noticed the want of an organized association in
Calcutta as a drawback to progress. He felt,# to quote
his own language, " that, in the fluctuating, imperfect, and
limited erudition of life, such enquiries and improvements
could only be made by the united efforts of many, who
are not easily brought, without some pressing inducement
or strong impulse, to converge in a common point." Ac-
cordingly,' while he engaged himself in the study of the
.Sanskrit language, which he had till then not acquired,
he invited the co-operation of the leading men of the time
in Calcutta for the formation of an institution where united
action could be taken to promote the study of oriental
literature and science, and where, by the co-operation of the
many, the talents and abstract studies of the few would prove
most effectual, and derive the stimulus which emulation,
publicity, and a common interest never fail to excite. His
exertions were warmly seconded by his friends, and a
meeting was held on Thursday, the 15th of January, 1784,
to come to some definite resolution. Thirty gentlemen
attended this meeting, and they represented the elite of the
European community in Calcutta at the time. The chair
PART i.] Name. 3
was taken by Sir Robert Chambers, and the proceedings
were opened by Sir William Jones, who delivered a learned
and very suggestive "Discourse on the Institution of a
Society for enquiring into the History, civil and natural,
the Antiquities, Arts, Sciences, and Literature of Asia/ 1
The address was enthusiastically received, and a resolution
was come to establishing the Society under the name of
the 'ASIATTCK SOCIETY.'
The gentlemen who took part at this meeting and
Foundation Mem- became the founders 1 of the Society were
bers
" then, or subsequently became, the lead-
ing officers of the East India Company in this country,
and included among them all the principal contributors to
the pages of the Society's Transactions.
The name adopted for the Society at the inaugural
meeting was borne on the records till
the close of the- fourth decade of this
century. In 1829, soon after the establishment of the
Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland in London,
and the affiliation of the Literary Society of Bombay
with that institution, a letter was received from the
latter offering to the Calcutta Society the privilege of
being affiliated, and in this letter it was for the first time
1
These were: Sir Robert Chambers, Kt., Chief Justice. Supreme Court; Mr t
Justice Hyde, Puisne Judge, Supreme Court; Sir William Jones, Kt., Puisne Judge,
Supreme Court; General John Oarnac; Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Watson; David
•Anderson, Esq.; Henry Vansittart, Esq.; Charles Crof tes, Esq.; William Chambers,
Esq.; Richard Johnson, Esq.; John Shore, Esq. (afterwards a Baronet, and then
Lord Teignmouth); Francis Glad win, Esq.; Charles Chapman, Esq.; Nathaniel Mid-
dleton, Esq.; Major William Davy; Charles Wilkins, Esq. (afterwards knighted);
Jonathan Duncan, Esq.; John Bristow, Esq.; Thomas Graham, Esq.; Francis
Fowke, Esq.; Thomas Law, Esq.; Captain Jonathan Scott; Francis Balfour. Esq.;
J. David Paterson, Esq.; Ralph Broome, Esq.; Burrish Crisp, Esq.; Lieutenant
James Anderson; Lieutenant Charles Hamilton; T. Reuben Burrow, Esq.; and
George Hillarow Barlow, Esq. (afterwards made a Baronet). •"
designated as the "Asiatic Society of Bengal ;" but the

SocietyAdid not accept the change.1 As the parent of
all the Asiatic Societies extant, it fitly retained its
original name of THE Asiatic Society. In March 1832,
when Mr. James Prinsep sought the sanction of the
Society to use its name for the Journal he was then about
to start, the resolution adopted used the words ' Asiatic
Society' only (Journal, Vol. I, p. i ); but the editor deemed
it convenient for his purposes to add a local designation,
and the Society took no notice of it. Iu 1843, when this
Journal became the property of the Society, the new name
had already become familiar, and it was formally intro-
duced in the Code of Bye-laws published in 185L
In the terms of the original resolution, the object of
Object of the so- t l i e Society was "enquiry into the his-
ciet
y- tory and antiquities, arts, sciences,
and literature of Asia." Dilating on this definition, Sir
William Jones remarked: " You will investigate whatever
is rare in the stupendous fabric of nature; will correct#
the geography of Asia by new observations and disco-
veries; will trace the annals and even traditions of those
nations who, from time to time, have peopled or desolated
it; and will bring to light their various forms of Govern-
ment, with tlieir institutions, civil and religious; you will
examine their improvements and methods in arithmetic
and geometry—in trigonometry, mensuration, mechanics,
optics, astronomy and general physics; their systems of
morality, grammar, rhetoric and dialectic; their skill in
chirurgery and medicine, and their advancement, whatever
it may be, in anatomy and chemistry. To this you will add
researches into their agriculture, manufacture, and trade;
1
Proceedings, January 1830.
PART i.] Rules. 5
and, whilst you enquire into their music, architecture,
painting, and poetry, will not neglect those inferior arts,
by which comforts, and even elegances of social life, are
supplied or improved." To give emphasis to these details,
Sir William Jones added : " If now it be apked, what
are the intended objects of our enquiries within these
spacious limits, we answer, MAN and NATURE ; whatever
is performed by the one, or produced by the other."
These words have since been paraphrased into—" The
bounds of its investigations will be the geographical limits
of Asia, and within these limits its enquiries will be
extended to whatever is performed by man, or produced by
nature," and this sentence now serves as the motto of the
Society. How far this resolution has been faithfully and
diligently carried out will be shown in the following pages.
In his inaugural address Sir William Jones expressed a
strong feeling of disapprobation against
l
Rules. ° ° • ' °
an elaborate code of rules. He said:
." It may be advisable at first, in order to prevent any
difference of sentiment on particular points not immediate-
ly before us, to establish but one rule,—namely, to have no
rules at all." He, however, qualified this by adding,
44
This only I mean, that, in the infancy of any society,
there ought to be no confinement, no trouble, no expense,
no unnecessary formality. Let us, if you please, for the
present, have weekly evening meetings in this hall for the
purpose of hearing original papers read on such subjects
as fall within our enquiries. Let all curious and learned
men be invited to send their tracts to our Secretary, for
which they ought immediately to receive our thanks; and
if, towards the end of each year, we should be supplied
with a sufficiency of valuable materials to fill a volume,
let us present our ASIATIC Miscellany to* the li. ->rary
worldy who have derived so much pleasure and information

from the agreeable work of Kaempfer than which we can
scarcely propose a better model, that they will accept
with eagerness any fresh entertainment of the same kind.
You will not perhaps be disposed to admit mere translations
of considerable length, except of such unpublished essays
or treatises as may be transmitted to us by native authors;
but whether you will enrol as members any number of
learned Natives you will hereafter decide, with many other
questions as they happen to arise*; and you will think, I
presume, that all questions should be decided by ballot
by a majority of two-thirds, and that nine members should
be requisite to constitute a board for such decisions.
* * * One thing only as essential to your dignity
I recommend with earnestness—on no account to admit a
new member who has not expressed a voluntary desire
to become so; and in that case, you will not require, I
suppose, any other qualification than a love of knowledge
and a zeal for the promotion of it."1 No formal resolution
was adopted in regard to these suggestions, but they were
unanimously accepted as the rules of the Society, and
uniformly acted upon for several years. In August 1796,
the necessitv having been felt for devising u the best
means of rendering the Institution permanent, and for
determining whether a house should be provided for
the future meetings of the Society,"2 some new rules
were framed, and the suggestions of the founder were
reduced into the form of rules. Other rules were framed
from time to time to meet special occasions, but nothing
like a regular code was adopted until the beginning of
the second half of this century. On the retirement of
1
Joiies's Woi*e. Vol. I, p. G. • Researches, Vol. VI, p. CSK).
PART I.] Ordinary Members. 7
Mr. Henry Torrens, the affairs of the Society were found
to be in great disorder, and considerable differences of
opinion existed on many important matters. A complete
code of rules, providing for all contingencies, was, there-
fore, deemed urgently necessary, and a committee was ap-
pointed to prepare the same. After much deliberation and
examination of the rules of European societies, the Com-
mittee submitted a new Code of Bye-laws, which was
formally adopted on January 5, 1851.1 One important
clause in the Code required that every candidate for admis-
sion as an ordinary member shall address a letter stating
that " he is anxious to promote the progress of science and
literature, and is desirous of becoming a member of the
Society," This was done as much in accordance with the
opinion of the founder, who had strongly urged in his
inaugural address, " not to admit a new member who had
not expressed a voluntary desire to become so," as with a
view to prevent unseemly repudiation of membership which
had occurred in some cases. In practice, however, this
rule was found to be unworkable, and had soon to be res-
cinded. Other clauses were also found troublesome, and
a general revision was called for in 1859. On the establish-
ment of the Indian Museum, the altered circumstances of
the Society requiring extensive changes in the rules, a new
Code was adopted in 1869.2 This had again to be recast
in 1876,3 and the last is the one now in force, with a few
amendments since adopted.
The founder's inaugural address did not suggest any
rule for the selection of members, but
Ordinary Members. _ - ,. c ,i o . L
at the second meeting ot tlie society

(January 22, 1784) members were proposed, who were
*
1 8
Proceedings. - Ibid,, January 18CQ, p. 10. Ibid., November 1876, p. 204.
balloted for and elected at the next meeting. At the

third meeting such propositions were seconded, and ordered
for ballot at the following meeting; and this plan has ever
since been uniformly followed.
At first it was not expected that the Natives of this
country would join the Society, and Sir William Jones
said, " whether you will enrol as members any number
of learned Natives you will hereafter decide; " and the
question was not mooted for manf years afterwards. On
January 7, 1829, Dr. H. H. Wilson proposed some native
names, and they were elected ; similar propositions were
subsequently made from time to time, and duly adopted. In
the Code of Rules now in force, it is laid down, that " persons
of all nations shall be eligible as members of the Society."
As the Society met at the Grand Jury Rooms of the
Supreme Court, and no expense of any kind had to be
incurred, the Members were not called upon to make any
pecuniary contribution to the Society. In 1796, when the
idea of providing a suitable house was first mooted, funds
had to be raised by subscription, and it was ruled that Ordi-
nary Members should pay a quarterly contribution of one
gold moliur each for the support of the Society, old Members
being required to make up for their previous membership
by a payment of two gold mohurs each, in lieu of the
entrance-fee which all new Members were called upon to
contribute. The rule regarding the quarterly subscrip-
tions was altered in 1859, when the amount was reduced
to Rs. 12 a quarter for resident members, and Rs. 6 for
non-residents. Looking to the numerical weakness of
European society in India, and to the arduous character of
the various occupations in which its members are engaged,
it would be unreasonable to expect that many men would
be found to devote their time to literary and scientific
PART I.] Ordinary Members. 9
pursuits. Such pursuits require leisure ami ease of circum-
stances, early literary training, and an affluent retired
life. Europeans coming to India have to fight the battle of
existence, or to discharge onerous official duties, and when
they have earned a competence and run through their allot-
ted course of official career, they return to Europe to enjoy a
life of ease. Natives, on the other hand, have, generally
speaking, a defective education in early life, and cannot
engage in researches, the fruits of which have to be recorded
in a foreign language. The Asiatic Society has thus .always
laboured under a double disadvantage. But as Milton
truly remarks, — " no man who hath tasted learning but
will confess the many ways of profiting by those who,
not contented with stale receipts, are able to manage
and set forth new positions to the world," and the
highly educated gentlemen, who came out in the civil,
the medical, and the military services of the East India
Company, fully bore out the truth of the observation.
Notwithstanding the heavy duties they had to discharge in
their respective spheres, many of them contributed largely
to the efficiency, the stability, and the advancement of the
Society by their literary labours and scientific researches.
It is worthy of note, and not a little singular, that the mem-
bers of the Civil Service took a much more prominent posi-
tion in this respect than those of the more learned professions.
As was to be expected, merchants, tradesmen, and other non-
official Europeans took but a slender share in the work of
the Society. The steady growth of the Society is best shewn
in the statement given in Appendix A. It shows that, com-
mencing with a total of 30 names, the number of members
rose, at the close of 1788, to 89, and in 1876, when
the subscription of resident members was brought down
to Ks. 9 per quarter, to 285. It ^hould be added,
liowever, that the various lists from which the statement

has been compiled are misleading, as they do not discrimi-
nate under one uniform rule the efficient from non-effi-
cient and absent members.
There is no record, in the first volume of the Proceedings,
Honorary Mem- °f a n y resolution having been adopted,
bers<
laying down a principle for the election
of Honorary Members. The first person elected as an
Honorary Member was M. Carpentier de Cossigny. He was
proposed by an Ordinary Member, seconded by another, and
balloted for and elected in due course. Other elections
followed from time to time, but without any definite rule.
Exception was, however, taken to this course in 1828 ; and,
in January 1829, it was resolved "that Honorary Members
be in future proposed only by the Committee of Papers,
members of the Society not in the Committee commu-
nicating their recommendation of an individual as an
Honorary Member to the Committee, either directly or
through the Secretary. The Committee not to be expected
to assign any reasons, should they not see cause to make
the nomination." When the resolutions and rules of the
Society were codified in 1851, the qualifications for an
Honorary Member were laid down to be " eminence for his
knowledge of, or encouragement given to, science or litera-
ture, or for services rendered to the Society, to be testi-
fied by a written statement and supported by the votes
of a 'majority of three-fourths of the members present
at a meeting," limiting the elections at the same time to
thirty in all. In 1876, the rule was further modified by
omitting all reference to services to the Society. The
roll of the Society shows that, on the whole, the selections
have been judiciously made : it includes the names of
all the European, savans who distinguished themselves
PART I.] Patrons. 11
most by their oriental scholarship, and a great number of
eminent scientific men of the last hundred years, as also
two renowned Indian scholars,—Sir Radhakanta, Bahddur,
and Professor Bapudeva Sastii.
Another class of members was established on May 6,
Associate Mem- 1835, to secure the co-operation of com-
bers
" petent persons in India, who would not
offer themselves as candidates for ordinary membership.
This was called Associate Member, to whom was assigned
ull the privileges of Ordinary Members except that of
voting at the meetings of the Society. Under the rules
now in force, this class is reserved for "persons well-
known for their literary or scientific attainments, but who
are not likely to become Ordinary Members." Their
number is limited to 15.
A fourth class of members was established in 1851 to
Corresponding recognize the services of correspondents
Members. j n f o r e j g n countries, but it was not
much appreciated, and therefore abolished in 1869.
At the second meeting of the Society, Sir William
Jones submitted draft of a letter to
Patrons. _ ~
Warren Hastings, Esq., Governor-Gene-
ral and President, and Edward Wheeler, John Macpherson,
and John Stables, Esqs., Members of the Council of Fort
William in Bengal, requesting them to become patrons
of the Society. The draft was approved, and the assent
of the Governor-General and CouiHil having been obtained,
they were, at a subsequent meeting, duly elected. This
election became a precedent, which was regularly followed
until the time of Lord William Bentinck : on his election as
patron, the Members of his Council were left out. Since then
the practice has been to elect only the Governor-General
as patron.
Along with the letter above referred to, a second was

._, A addressed to Mr. Warren Hastings, re-
J
President. »
questing him to accept the office of
President of the Society. The offer, however, was declined.
While expressing his appreciation of the honor done
him by the offer, Mr. Hastings said:—" From an early
conviction of the utility of the institution, it was my
anxious wish that I might be, by whatever means, instru-
mental in promoting the success of it ; but not in the
mode which you have proposed, which, I fear, would rather
prove, if of auy effect, an incumbrance on it. I have not
the leisure requisite to discharge the functions of such a
station, nor, if I did possess it, would it be consistent with
the pride, which every man may be allowed to avow in the
pursuit or support of the objects of his personal credit,
to accept the first station in a department in which the
superior talents of my immediate followers in it would
shine with a lustre, from which mine must suffer much
in the comparison, and to stand in so conspicuous a point
of view the only ineffective member of a body, which is
yet in its infancy, and composed of members witli whose
abilities I am, and have long been, in the habits of inti-
mate communication, and know them to be all eminently
qualified to fill their respective parts in it.
"On these grounds I request your permission to decline
the offer which you have done me the honor to make to me,
and to yield my pretensfcns to the gentleman whose genius
planned the institution, and is most capable of conducting
it to the attainment of the great and splendid purposes
of its formation.
" I at the same time earnestly solicit your acceptance of
my services in any way in which they can be, and I hope
that they may btyrendered useful to your researches."
PART i.] Vice-President 13
In accordance with the suggestion contained in the
above extract, Sir William Jones was elected President
of the Society on February 5, 1784. He held the office
till his demise on April 27, 1794. He was succeeded by Sir
John Shore, who then held the office of Governor-General.
In subsequent years, two other Governors-General, the
Marquis of Hastings and Lord Hardinge, held the same
office. It was found, howtever, that the reasons assigned
by Mr. Warren Hastings were correct, and that the duties
of so exalted an office as that of Governor-General of
India did not admit of that close application on the part
of the President to the duties of the Society, which was
so desirable. The elections, therefore, have been con-
fined to distinguished persons whose knowledge and zeal
and opportunities were best calculated to promote the
interests of the Society. The names of all the Presi-
dents are shown in the Statement hereto annexed (Ap-
pendix B).
In anticipation of the acceptance of the office of Presi-
d e n t b Mr Wal:ren
vice-Pnesident. 7 ' Hastings, Sir Wil-
liam Jones was elected Vice-President at
the second meeting of the Society. But on his election soon
after to the Presidentship, the office became vacant, and
none was appointed in his place. On his death, however,
when the office of President was held by Sir John Shore,
the then Governor-General of India, some inconvenience was
felt owing to his inability to atterfd every meeting of the
Society, and in 1798 a resolution was adopted to appoint two
Vice-Presidents. The number was afterwards raised to 3,
and subsequently to 4 ; but by the rules now in force
it is limited to 3. The Statement given in Appendix B
shows the names of all the Vice-Presidents.
Immediately after the establishment of the Society, Mr,
George Hillarow Barlow undertook the
Secretary. m »
duties of secretary ; but, two months
after, Mr. John Herbert Harington was appointed Secre-
tary by formal resolution, and for fifty years afterwards,
one Secretary, aided at times by a Deputy Secretary,
sufficed for the despatch of the Society's ordinary busi-
ness, the financial affairs being conducted by a Treasurer.
On the retirement of Mr. Jamas Prinsep, two Secretaries
were deemed necessary, besides the Treasurer, and a
third was added some time afterwards. Under the
rules now in force, the number of Secretaries is not
fixed, but four are generally appointed : one General Secre-
tary, one Natural Science Secretary, one Philological Secre-
tary, and one Treasurer.
In 1796, when subscriptions first began to be collected,
Mr. Trail, of the firm of Palmer and Co.,
Merchants, was appointed Treasurer,
and his firm undertook to transact all banking business for
the Society. In 1803, a native clerk was engaged to keep
accounts, but all financial business continued to be con-
ducted by Messrs. Palmer and Co. After a time, the duty of
collecting subscriptions was made over to the clerk. On
the failure of Palmer and Co. in 1828, the custody of the
finances was made over to Messrs. Macintosh and Co., and,
after their failure in 1833, to the Bank of Bengal. The clerk
above referred to was the late Babu R&macomal Sen. He
served the society for nearly forty years, latterly holding
the office of what was called ' Native Secretary,' but really
that of Treasurer. In 1840, Mr. Bolst, an uncovenanted
assistant in the Bengal Secretariat, was appointed Treasurer,
and he kept the records in the Bengal Office, or in his
private dwelling. On his dismissal ftom the Bengal Office,
the account-books of the Society could not be recovered.
PART i.] Special Committees. 15
In 1846, one of the Secretaries became the Treasurer, and
that arrangement has continued since.
Soon after its establishment, the Society appointed a
Committee of Papers, consisting of the
Council. in n
President, the Secretary, and four other
members, to conduct its affairs. In November 1796, this
Committee was strengthened bv the addition of two Vice-
Presidents, and four other members, and in 1849; another
addition was made, bringing up the total to fifteen, in-
cluding the office-bearers. Under the rules now in force,
the minimun is fixed at fifteen, and the maximum at twenty.
In 1846, several active Committees having been orga-
nized, it was deemed expedient, with a view to prevent mis-
understanding and confusion, to change the name of the
Committee of Papers and to designate it the Council, as
the governing body of the Society.
Although the Society was established with a view to,
Special Commit- hold weekly meetings for exchange
es
f* of notes among members and reading
of papers on subjects of interest, the necessity soon arose
for appointing special Committees for the consideration of
questions of importance. Such Committees were, how-
ever, generally temporary, and their functions ceased with
the determination of the questions referred to _them. On
the completion of the Society's house, when the means
and accommodation for steady, continuous, and combined
action were easy of access, Dr. Hare, in June 1808, moved,
seconded by Dr. Leyden, " that a Committee be appointed
for the purpose of physical investigations, the collec-
tion of facts, specimens, and correspondence with indivi-
duals whose situations in this country may be favorable
for such discussions and investigations." This the mover
subsequently modified, and recommended two Com-
mittees,- one for "Natural History, Philosophy,. Medi-

cine, Improvements of the !krts, and whatever \% com-
prehended in the general term of Physics ;" and an-
other "for Literature, Philology, History, Antiquities,
and.whatever is comprehended under die general term of
Literature. " This recommendation was, after some con-
sideration, formally adopted on September 7, 1808, and
the following elections were made:—
Physical Committee. Literary Committee.
•
J. Farquliar, Esq. J. II. Harington, Esq.
Dr. J. Ley den. Dr. J. Ley den.
Lieutenant A. Lockett. Lieutenant A. Lockett.
George Davidson, Esq. H. B. Bayley, Esq.
Rev. W. Carey. H. P. Forbes, Esq.
W. Hunter, Esq. Rev. W. Carey.
W. Hunter, Esq.
It was at the same time resolved that other members
of the Society should be invited to join the Committees
and to frame rules for the conduct of their investigations.
The Committees met several .times, and prepared lists of
desiderata and carried on some correspondence; but, after
a time, they fell into disuetude, and no record is now extant
of their proceedings. In 1818, the Physical Committee was
revived, and it was in active work for several years'; but its
proceedings are not now forthcoming. At the annual
meeting of the Society, on December 13, 1821, Dr. Wilson,
then Secretary, proposed that u special Committees should be
appointed to report upon the papers received by the Society
and for other purposes, as also a House. Committee, the
President, one Vice-President, and the Secretary, being
ex ojjicio members of all the Committees." But its consider-
ation was deferred, and never after taken up. In 1828, a
Committee was appointed u to promote geological researches,
working undur tl.e rules then in force for the Physical Com-
PAUT i.] Meetings. 17
mittee, with such modifications as may be deemed expedient/'
Dr. Calder was appointed its Secretary. At the same time
the Transactions of the Society were divided into two parts,
one to be devoted to Physical, and the other to Literary,
subjects. The PhySfcal Committee was in active work for
some time, and spent large sums of money in boring opera-
tions in Fort William and other researches. A Statistical
and a Finance Committee were appointed soon after. No
rules, however, were laid down for the annual election of the
Committees, and thy fell again into abeyance. In 1847,
the then Committee of Papers, adverting to the constitu-
tion of their body, which, though intended to represent the
different objects of the Society, had at one time been
almost exclusively composed of gentlemen who deemed
Oriental Literature the paramount object of the Society, and
at another period of those under whom researches in Ori-
ental Pliilology were nearly abandoned in favor of Zoology
and kindred sciences, recommended the appointment of Sec-
tions, or Standing Committees, for (1) Oriental Literature,
(2) Zoology and Natural History, (3) Geology and Mineral-
ogy, (4) Meteorology and Physics, (5) Geography and
Indian Statistics, (6) Finances. The elections for these
Committees took place at the annual meeting, and were
followed up by fresh elections every year until the Bye-
laws of 1851 placed the appointment of Committees at the
disposal of the Council. An Historical Committee and a
Coin Committee have since been added.
As already incidentally noticed, the original object of
the Societv was to hold weekly meetings
Meetings. . . . . " e . . . , ', , . °
in mutation or the hebdomadal gather*
ings of the Royal Society two centuries ago, but this
could not be regularly carried out for any length of tifne.
In England, the professors of colleges, ministers of
b
18 . History of the Society. [PART I.
religion, and educated men of independent means and

retired from business, have a great deal of leisure time, and
a habitual liking for literary and scientific researches, for
which they are regularly trained by their system of edu-
cation. In Calcutta, on the other hand, at the close of
the last century, these classes were entirely wanting. As
stated in the Introduction to the first volume of tin*
Researches, " a mere man of letters, retired from the world
and allotting his whole time to philosophical or literary
pursuits, is a character unknown among Europeans resi-
dent in India, where everv individual is a man of business
in the civil or military state, and constantly occupied
either in the affairs of Government, in the administration
or justice, in some department ot revenue or commerce,
or iu one of the liberal professions ; very few hours,
therefore, in the day or night, can be reserved for any
study that has no immediate connection with business,
even by those who are most habituated to mental appli-
cation, and it is impossible to preserve health in Bengal
without regular exercise and reasonable relaxation of
mind. " And under the circumstances, notwithstanding the
earnestness and devotion of the founders and a large body
of very able men who placed themselves under the stand-
ard of the Society, papers could not be produced in such
rapid succession as to keep up the interest of the weekly
meetings. After the first few months, frequent interrup-
tions followed, and during the close of the rains in the
beginning of autumn, meetings had to be suspended for
weeks. After the death of the founder, a resolution had to be
adopted to hold monthly, instead of weekly, meetings.1
In six months' time, even monthly meetings were found to
1
Proceedings for December 5, 1799.
PART i.] Meetings.
be too frequent, and a meeting once every three months
was held sufficient.1 The interval fixed by the last resolu-
tion, however, was found to be too long, and calculated to
diminish the interest of the public in the Society, and after
a short trial, the plan of monthly meetings was reverted to
with occasional recess during the months of September and
October. In 1818, some energetic members thought formal
monthly meetings not sufficient for unrestrained friendly
communications and conversation on literary and scientific
subjects ; it was thereupon resolved (April 2, 1828) :—
I. That the apartments should be kept open for
private meetings at 7-30 P.M. on the second and fourth
Wednesdays of every mouth.
II. That the meetings shall be open to every member
that chooses to attend and to every visitor whom he may
wish to introduce.
III. That none of the official business of the Society
shall be transacted at these meetings, and none of the officers
of the Society shall attend, except in a private capacity.
IV. That the general attention of the Society at these
meetings shall be confined to the promotion of those studies
and enquiries which were originally contemplated in the
institution of the Asiatic Society.
There is no record to show how these private meetings
were attended, and when they were abandoned.
The day of the meeting was originally Thursday.
When monthly meetings were resolved upon, the first
Wednesday of every month was thought the most con-
venient, and it remains unchanged to this day. At the
close of the last century, the time for dinner among English-
men was early, and 7 P.M. was found a fit time for meetings, as
1
Proceedings for July 2,1800.
affording a means of recreation to men of literary habits after

their meals ; but changes in the social rules of the European
community early in this century rendered 8, and subse-
quently 9, P.M. as the most convenient hour for the meetings
of the Society. Under the rules now in force a recess is
observed during the months of September and October.
The business at the annual meeting in the time of Sir
William Jones was limited to the reading of the annual
address. After his death such addresses were not forth-
coming, and no annual meeting was held; the office-bearers
were elected, since 1796, at the ordinary December meeting.
In 1828 it was resolved, that the anniversary of the Society
should be celebrated by an annual dinner, but it was not
acted up to in subsequent years. In 1833, Mr. James
Prinsep introduced, for the first time, the practice of sub-
mitting a brief annual report in January ; Mr. Torrens
discontinued it in 1841, but his successors revived the
practice in 1847, and the rules of the Society now render
it imperative. The Code of 1869 provided for an annual
address from the Chair, and some very interesting addresses
were delivered by Sir Joseph Fayrer, Sir John Phear, Mr.
Oldham and Mr. Medlicott; but the practice of delivering
such addresses has of late been dropped.
During the presidency of Sir William Jones, no neces-
sity was felt for a house for the Society.
House.
The Grand Jury Room of the late
Supreme Court was always accessible for the meetings of
the Society, and there being no office, no effects, and no
establishment, no separate accommodation was wanted. On
the demise of the founder, the case became different. The
Court-house was not always so readily available ; books,
papers, records, and specimens of various kinds had accumu-
lated, and they required si store-room, and a natural desire
PART L ] House. 21
to secure permanency for these suggested the necessity of a
local habitation. It was accordingly resolved1 that an appli-
cation should be made to Government for the grant of a free
site for a house, and the members should pay a quarterly
contribution of one gold mohur each and an entrance-fee
of two gold mohurs, which, accumulating for a few years,
would yield a sufficient sum to cover the expense of building
a house. There is no record to show what reply was given
by Government to this application. A second applica-
tion was made, on July 4, 1804, for a spot of land at the
corner of Park Street, which had before been in the pos-
session of a Riding School, but had subsequently reverted
to Government, and the Government granted it with the
exception of a small portion on the western side, which was
"required by the Magistrate of Calcutta for the establish-
ment of a Police Thannah and a Fire Engine." On the
remodelling of the Calcutta Police iii 1849, the Police-
station at this spot was abolished, and, on the application of
the Society, the spot was also given to it, free of all rent,
for so long as the Society would be in existence. By a
subsequent release, dated March 3, 1876, the Government
lias given the land free of all conditions. The pottah for
the land is dated April 7, 1852, and covers an area of a
little over three bigahs and a half.
In 1805, when the order of Government granting the
land was received, the Society had accumulated a sufficient
sum to be in a position to undertake the building of a
house. Captain Lock, of the Bengal Engineers, designed
a plan, which, after some modifications, was made over to
oue Jean Jacques Pichon, a Frenchman, settled as a builder
in Calcutta, to erect the building. The contract with
1
Proceedings for December 1,1796. .-.
History, of the Society. [PART I.
the builder bears date February 1, 1806, and the cost

settled was Rs. 24,000. It appears from subsequent Pro-
ceedings (April 6, 1808), that the contract amount had to be
raised to Rs. 30,000. Extensive additions and alterations
have since been made at a heavy cost. The Society took
possession of the house at the beginning* of 1808.
Although built at the cost, and for the exclusive use, of
the Society, the house has been always accessible to
the public for literary and scientific lectures. In 1822,
the use of the meeting-room was permitted to the Seram-
pore Missionaries for a course of lectures on phrenology^
and the Medical and Physical Society of Calcutta held
their meetings and had their office and library in the house
for upwards of thirty years.
One of the objects for which the house was built was to
Library : provide accommodation for a Library and
European books. R Museum. From soon after the found-
ation of the Society, books, papers, manuscripts, drawings,
copperplates and other articles were, from time to time,
presented to the Society, and they had to be kept, owing
to want of a better place for their, preservation, in the
private dwelling-house of the Secretary for the time being ;
and as the exigencies of European official life in this
country led to frequent changes, the risk of loss was
serious. The new house at once removed this difficulty.
The books that had been received up to the time formed
the nucleus of a Library, and funds were sanctioned every
year, and also on special occasions, for the purchase of UGW
books. Mr. H. T. Colebrooke was also appointed as agent in
London to select and purchase books for the Society (October
1,1817). Exchanges of publications were also made with
leading European Societies, and of duplicates in the Library
with private individuals, and members retiring from the
PART i.] Library: European Booh. 23
country sometimes presented selections from their private
collections. A small but very valuable collection of works
on art was given by Mr. Home, who was for several years a
leading member of the Society, and a much larger one of
historical and other works relating to India was got from
Government on the abolition of the old College of Fort
William as an educational institution, duplicates and works
of general interest being given to the Calcutta Public;
Library. A very valuable collection of manuscripts, being-
diverse occasional papers and essays, and ten volumes of
drawings of antiquarian and archaeological subjects, belong-
ing to Colonel Mackenzie, for a long time Surveyor-General
of India, were received in December 1822. A set of abstract
translations of the Puranas, prepared by native scholars
under the superintendence of Dr. Wilson, and several trail-
slations from Persian works, have also come to the posses-
sion of the Societv. A collection of some illustrated works
on Botany was received from Dr. N. Wallich in June 1817,
but it was subsequently sent to the Hon'ble East India
Company's Botanical Gardens, at Sibpur, near Calcutta.
To facilitate the use of the Library by members a set
of rules was framed in January 1820. A catalogue of the
whole of the Society's library was published in 1833.
It shows a total of about a thousand volumes. After the
accession of the College of Fort William collection, a second
catalogue of the European books was prepared by the late
Dr. E. Roer, and that shows a total of 4,315 volumes. A
third catalogue was prepared in 1856 by the writer of this
Review, and that brought up the total to upwards of 7,000
volumes. Accessions to the Library have since been very
numerous and valuable, comprising, besides sets, more or
less complete, of the Transactions of all the leading
European and American learned bodies, nearly all standard
works of reference in science and oriental literature. The

total, it is estimated, will exceed 20,000 volumes. Much
inconvenience is felt by members from want of a good
catalogue of this extensive and valuable collection—per-
haps the richest in India. This, however, it is expected,
will soon be supplied. There is now in the press an alpha-
betical catalogue carefully prepared under the superintend-
ence of H. B. Medlicott, Esq., F.R.S., and it is expected
to be completed before the close of the current year.
The early history of the Oriental Library is very much
Library.- the same as that of the European one.
Oriental Depart- *
ment. The Society depended mainly on casual
gifts from members, and they were not numerous. The first
accession of any importance was a gift from the Seringa-
patarn Prize Committee (February 3, 1808). It included
a selection from the Library taken in loot from the palace
of Tipu Sultan. There were among them many old and rare
works, including a great number of beautifully illuminated
manuscripts of the Quran, and of that part of it called Pan-
surah. An exceedingly well written old text of the Gulistdn,
said to be the first copy from the original manuscript of the
author, and a codex of the Pddshdndmdh bearing an autograph
of the Emperor Shah Jehan, were among them. Presenta-
tions were also received, on diverse occasions, from the late
College of Fort William and the General Committee of Public
Instruction, of books published under their superintendence
and from other sources. The total, however, did not, iu
1835, exceed a thousand volumes. On the abolition of the
College of Fort William, the whole of its Sanskrit, Arabian,
Persian, and Urdu works, mostly in manuscript, collected
at great expense and trouble under the superintendence of
Gladvvin, Carey, Gilclirist, .and other distinguished oriental
rs. were placed under the custody of the Society,
PART i.] Library: Oriental Department 25
with a promise that they would, on the sanction of the
Hon'ble Court of Directors being obtained, be given to
the Society, subject only to two conditions, namely,—safe
and careful preservation, and unrestricted accessibility to
the public at all reasonable hours. Pending the receipt of
the sanction, the Government defrayed the cost of the estab-
lishment, amounting to Rs. 78 per mensem. The sanction
was obtained in 1846, when the monthly grant was stop-
ped, and the books and manuscripts became the property of
the Society, subject only to the two conditions aforesaid.
When the manuscripts came to the possession of the
Society, it was all but certain that they would ultimately be
its property, and in anticipation of the sanction of the
Court of Directors, Mr. Prinsep, then Secretary, caused
catalogues to be prepared and printed not only of the
new accessions but of all the manuscripts owned by the
Society. The Persian catalogue bears date 1837, and
contains a total of 2,742 names, out of which 1,013 are
Arabic, 1,418 Persian, and 311 Urdu,—a few of these
being printed books. The Sanskrit catalogue was issued in
1838, and it includes, besides Sanskrit, a few M&gadhi, Ben-
gali, Hindi, Carndti, Tailinga and Mahratti names. The
total is, in round numbers, 1,800. Annexed to this catalogue
are lists of Sanskrit works then owned by the Sanskrit
Colleges of Calcutta and Benares. These lists were very
useful at the time, as shewing the extent of Sanskrit litera-
ture then known to exist. The catalogues were prepared
by Maulvies and Pandits iu the Indian style, and are not
very convenient for reference now. They abound, too, in
mistakes, and have become obsolete from the circumstance
of the Library having been greatly Lextended since 1838.
The accessions in the Persian Department have not been
very numerous, in all 167, but several -valuable codices
have been obtained. The losses in this department have,

however, been greater than the accession. The Sanskrit
Library has been nearly doubled ; while the losses, though
serious, do not exceed 250 codices. The want of a revised
catalogue has, therefore, been much felt, and an attempt
was sometime ago made to compile a catalogue raisonne
of the Sanskrit works. It was then expected that the
then Librarian of the Society would be able, with the
assistance of a Pandit, to get the needful done. But on his
retirement from the Society soon after, the work fell into
abeyance. The writer of this Review, thereupon, under-
took to finish what was then in the press, and brought out,
in 1877, a royal octavo volume of 228 pages, containing des-
criptive accounts of all the manuscripts on Sanskrit gram-
mar that were available in the Library. It comprised also
a tabular statement of all the works of that class which
had been met with in India. Other occupations did not,
however, permit the editor to carry on the undertaking, and
taking into consideration the immense time and labour neces-
sary for such an elaborate work, it had to be finally aban-
doned. Dr. Hoernle has now in the press a nominal cata-
logue, which, it is believed, will be completed in a short time.
Besides these there are now in the custody of the Society
2,507 Sanskrit manuscripts, mostly new to the collection
aforenamed, belonging to the Government of India, and
some of great age and value. The ultimate destination of
these has not yet been determined upon, but it is expected
that they will be so kept by Government as to be always
available to Indian and Anglo-Indian scholars.
In addition to the above, the Society possesses a rare
collection of Tibetan xylographs, including one complete,
and another somewhat defective, set of the Khahgyur
and the Stungyr.r texts of the Buddhist Scriptures. For
PART I.] Summary of the Library. 27
the complete set the Society is indebted to Mr. B. H. Hodg-

son, by whose liberality and earnest efforts, its Library and
Museum have been so vastly enriched. The second copy was
brought down by M. Csoma de Koros. Of these voluminous
collections there exists no other copy in India, and only two
in Europe, both sent by Mr. Hodgson. To that gentleman
the Society also owes its thanks for a very large and exceed-
ingly valuable collection of Sanskrit Buddhist manuscripts,
of which an analytical catalogue, prepared by the writer of
this Review, has lately been published by the Society.
The Society has also, in its Library, upwards of 350
Chinese xylographs, of which there is, in manuscript, a des-
criptive catalogue prepared by Mr. Alabaster, the author of
a Life of Buddha, published under the name of u The Wheel
of the Law." There are, likewise, palm-leaf manuscripts of
Burmese, Siamese, Javanese, and Cingalese works, to the
extent of about 125 bundles, of which, however, there is
no inventory of any kind.
It has not beeti possible to count, for the purposes of this
Summary of the Review, all the books and manuscripts
Library. contained in the Library, but partly from
certain recent accounts and partly from memoranda pre-
pared four years ago, it appears that the Society now owns,
or has in custody, of—
English Books and Manuscripts ... 19,842 Vols.
Arabic ditto 1,161 n
Persian ditto 1,506
Urd
« ditto 300
Sanskrit ditto 3,378
Ditto Manuscripts (Govt. property) 2,507 11
Tibetan Xylographs 256 11
Chinese ditto 350 11
Burmese, Siamese, &c, ditto, manuscripts on
palm leaves 125 If
Total
For a colonial Library such a collection of nearly 30,000

volumes, of which upwards of 8,000 are in manuscript, is, it
is believed, unrivalled, and the members may well congratu-
late themselves on their work, bearing in mind that the bulk
of it has been got up by private enterprise without any
pecuniary help from Government. The work done is highly
creditable. Had the Societv done nothing else in the
course of its career of a hundred years, this collection
would suffice to secure to it the thanks of future gener-
ations.
Inscriptions and coins are closely related to books; they
! t| differ only in the material in which they
are preserved, but are fully as valuable
as written history, and at times much more so, being far
more authentic. Their decipherment has engaged the
attention of the Society from a very early date, and some
of the most brilliant discoveries in Indian history have
been thereby effected. Records of this description are not
plentiful; many exist on scarps of rocks and on ancient
buildings or sculpture ; others occur on stones not easily
removable, while records on copperplates are title-deeds
which their owners do not part with, and coins are intrin-
sically so valuable that they are not readily to be had. The
members of the Society have, however, beeu assiduous in
their endeavours to obtain them either in original or in
facsimile, and a great number has been collected.
Of inscriptions the Society had at one time upwards of
a hundred. On the removal, however, of the Society's col-
lection of antiquities from its premises to the Indian
Museum, it was deemed expedient to make over all
inscribed stones to the Museum, leaving behind in the
Library-only the records—mostly land grants—on copper-
plates.
PART i.] Coins. 29
Coins in gold and silver, when they cense to be current,
are soon melted down, and in India, where
the practice of wearing ornaments of pre-
cious metals is so universally prevalent, the cause of their
destruction is constantly at work, while copper coins are
not much cared for, and their material is suhject to rapid
deterioration by the influence of the climate. It is not
remarkable, therefore, that the Society was never very rich
in this description of relics. Many were exhibited at the
meetings, and many more described in the Transactions of
the Society, but few were given to it. Nevertheless, from
time to time, a few coins were presented to it by various
benefactors ; and after the death of Colonel Mackenzie,
duplicates of such coins as existed in any number in his very
large collection, were received through the liberality of
the Government of Bengal. These made up the Society's
collection of coins in 1832, when they were noticed by
Professor H. H. Wilson in the Asiatic Researches.
" Subsequently a great many coins were received at
different times; and an imperfect inventory of the collec-
tion was published by Dr. Roer in the Proceedings of 1843.
" The cabinet, as described by Roer, consisted at that time
of 297 Roman coins, from Augustus down to the destruc-
tion of the Occidental Empire, mostly copper, and only a
very few rare ones; of Greek coins there were 16; and of
Bactrian, Indo-Scythian, Sassanian and Gupta coins only
116. There were at the time, however, two or three bags full
of copper coins, which had not been described. A little
later in the same year, it received a considerable addition
of Norwegian coins.
"In the following year, 1844, it suffered a great loss,
all the more intrinsically valuable specimens being stolen.
A description of the Cabinet iu this despoiled state, to
which, however, a few more coins had been added in the
meanwhile, was given by Mi\ Freeling in the Proceedings
for 1857. In order to retrieve the loss, the Society deter-
mined to purchase the well-known and magnificent collec-
tion of Colonel Stacv, which had been offered to it for sale
at the reduced sum of Rs. 4,000, in November 1856. A
subscription was opened by the Council among the mem-
bers, the Society itself contributing Rs 1,200 towards the
purchase ; and early in 1859, this valuable collection was
successfully secured. A priced catalogue of it had already
been published by Mr. E. Thomas in the Journal of the
preceding year, 1858.
" Since then many additions have been made from year
to year, some by presentations, but mostly by purchase.
A catalogue of the Cabinet in its present state is in course
of preparation. It is particularly rich in Delhi Patlidns and
Bengal Patlidns, also in the later Bactriaus, Iudo-Scythians,
Guptas, and the various sorts of ancient Hindu and Bud-
dhist coins. It might be more complete in the Delhi
Moghals; but it is most defective in the provincial Muham-
luarian coinages of Malwa, Guzardt, Jaunpur, &c, also iu
some of the more ancient classes, as the Saurdshtrian and
Sassanian coins. A small collection of Roman coins in gold
was obtained from General Cubbon some years ago. They
are of peculiar interest as coming from a trove discovered
in the Madias Presidency. Among the copper, lead, and
inferior coins generally there are a very large number of
duplicates. On the other hand, there are also in the
Society's collection a few coins which are unique, and a
not inconsiderable number which are more or less rare."
Tlie Society has, moreover, a small but very valuable
collection of oilpaintin^s and some busts,
Pictures and Busts. ,
the latter memorials or the manv "rent
TAUT i.] Museum. SI
men, whose labours contributed so largely to establish and

sustain the renown of the Society. Many of the paintings
are also memorials, which the members secured of their
distinguished collaborateurs; the others are of a miscella-
neous character, and most of them belonged at one time to
the studio of Mr. Home. That gentleman was an artist,
and at the beginning of this century lived for several years
in Calcutta, and took an active interest in the affairs of the
Society. Subsequently he went up to Lucknow and made
a fortune in the service of Ghdziuddin Hyder, the then
King of Oudli. During his tour in Europe he collected
many rare pictures, and on his death his two sons, who
were then in active service as officers in the Bengal army,
deposited them with the Society on the condition that
should they not be able to remove the collection within
a reasonable time, it shall become the property of the
Society, and remain as a memorial of their father. The sons
died about forty years ago, and the pictures accordingly now
belong to the Society. Among* them there are originals
by Rubens, Guido Rene, Domenichino, Reynolds, Canaletti,
and Westmoreland. The Society has received from other
sources originals by Clnnery, Poe, and Daniel.1 Looking
to die satisfactory state of preservation of the old pictures,
it is easy to infer that the idea about the Indian climate
being prejudicial to pictures is untenable.
In the inaugural address of the founder no reference
w a s ma
Museum ê to a
M u s e u i n • but curiosities
were sent in from time to time by
mofussil members, and in 1796 the idea was started of
having a suitable house for their reception and preserva-
tion. Nothing practical, however, could be done at the
1
For a list of the Pictures and Iiust3, see the Society's1 printed Catalogue of
Curiosities.
time, and it was not until some time after the completion
of the house that measures were taken to carry out the
object. On February 2, 1814, Dr. N. Wallich wrote a
letter to the Society strongly advocating the formation
of a Museum, and offering at the same time not only
duplicates from his own rich collection to form a nucleus
for it, but his own services to look after it, and in bringing
the letter before the Society, the Committee of Papers
submitted the following notes, which, though long, are worth
quoting to show clearly what it was that the Society under-
took :
" A collection of the substances which are the objects of science
and of those reliques which illustrate ancient times and manners, has
always been one of,the first'steps taken by Societies instituted for the
dissemination of specific or universal knowledge. Such a collection
was one of the first objects also of the Asiatic Society, and any person
engaged in the study of the history and language of this country, or
in the investigation of its natural productions, must have had frequent
cause for regretting that such a purpose should have been hitherto so
very incompletely carried into effect. No public repository yet exists
to which the naturalist or scholar can refer, and the only sources of inform-
ation, beyond verbal and often inaccurate description, have been found
in the accidental accumulations of individuals, always of difficult access,
indiscriminate selection, temporary duration, and little utility.
" The Asiatic Society is now called upon to adopt active measures
for remedying this deficiency, and collecting, from the abundant matter
which India offers, a Museum that shall be serviceable to history and
science. In the former of these departments the Society is already in
possession of several valuable articles, and there can be no doubt that enquiry
and exertion, and the assurance of their being properly bestowed, would
soon add considerably to the number. There are, however, many tilings
of extremely easy attainment, that would afford much useful illustration,
and the student of the original languages and compositions would be
frequently extricated from perplexity and doubt by having it in his
power to refer to specimens of various Eastern implements and
instruments in daily and domestic use amongst the natives o( these
regions.
PART i.] Museum. 33
" It is, however, in the departments of science that a Museum in
this country would be found most specially serviceable, and the facility
of its accumulation is proportionable to the extent of its utility. In
Natural History, Botany, Anatomy, Chemistry, Mineralogy and other
branches, a collection would accumulate rapidly if once commenced ;
and from the first moment of its accumulation would furnish additional
matter to the stock of knowledge. Many objects with which we are
exceedingly familiar in this country are riew or imperfectly known to
general science, and a vast variety of articles may be derived from sources
hourly acceptable, each of which would contribute some interesting
supply to the extensive results of western enquiry.
" The importance of the measure is, however, so obvious, that it
must be unnecessary to urge it further, and it only remains to consider
the means by which it can be effected. The Society possesses accommoda-
tion fit for the purpose, and the expense of adapting these to the reception
of contributions could not be any amount. The present establishment
might perhaps be sufficient to take charge of it, at least for some-
time, and at any rate no great addition could be requisite. The principal
difficulty lies in the selection of a person willing and able to devote
some time and trouble to procuring and arranging the materials of which
such a Museum should consist, and the removal of this difficulty is the
chief inducement at present for the Society to take the subject into
serious consideration.
" Dr. Wallich offers, if the Society should determine to place the
collection under his superintendence, to contribute to it the results of
his owu enquiries, to appropriate to it such further contributions as come
within his reach, and to devote all the attention in his power to the
arrangement and conservation of the whole. "
After a careful consideration of the details submitted
by the Committee of Papers, the Society came to the
following resolutions :—
" Resolved accordingly that the Asiatic Society determine upon
forming a Museum for the reception of all articles that may tend to
illustrate oriental manners and history, or to elucidate the peculiarities
of art or nature in the East.
" That this intention be made known to the public, and that contribu-
tions be solicited of the undermentioned nature :—
" Inscriptions on stone or brass.
34 History of the Society. [PAHT I.
" Ancient monuments, Muhummadan or Hindu.

" Figures of the Hindu deities.
"Ancient coins.
" Ancient manuscripts.
" Instruments of war peculiar to the East.
" Instruments of music.
" The vessels used in religious ceremonies.
" Implements of native art- and manufacture, &c, &c.
" Animals peculiar to India, dried or preserved.
" Skeletons or particular bones of animals peculiar to India.
" Birds peculiar to India, stuffed or preserved.
" Dried plants, fruits, &c.
" Mineral or vegetable preparation peculiar to Eastern pharmacy.
" Ores of Metals.
" Native alloys of metals.
" Minerals of every description, &c, &c.
" That the names of persons contributing to the Museum or Library
of the Society be hereafter published at the end of each volume of the
Asiatic Researches.
" That the Hall on the groundfloor - be fitted up for the reception
of the articles that may be procured.
" That the plan and expense of so doing be regulated by the Com-
mittee of Papers and Secretary and the person under whose superintend-
ence the Museum may be placed.
" That the expense which may be incurred in preparing materials
that may be furnished in a state unfit for preservation be defrayed by the
Society within a certain and fixed extent.
" That the thanks of the Society be given to Dr. Wallich for the
tender of his services.
" That the services of Dr. Wallich be accepted, and that he be in
consequence' appointed Superintendent of the Oriental Museum of the
Asiatic Society.'*
The Museum thus formed thrived rapidly. Contribu-

tious were received uuder all the heads uoticed, and grants
were made freely for their preservation. All coins, copper-
plates, sculptures, inscriptions on stone, implements and
miscellaneous articles received were placed in charge of
PART i.] Museum. • 35
the Librarian, while geological and zoological specimens
were classified, arranged, and preserved under the superin-
tendence of Dr. Wallich, who was appointed their curator,
all donations being duly announced in the pages of the
Society's Transactions.
The archaeotectonic and miscellaneous collection was
greatly enriched by contributions from Colonel Stuart,
Dr. Tytler, General Mackenzie, Mr. B. H. Hodgson,
Captain Dillon, Babu Rdmacomal Sen and others. A
partial inventory of it was prepared by Dr. Roer in 1843,
and a complete catalogue was compiled by the writer
of this Review in 1847, and published in 1849.
The Natural History Museum remained in charge of
Dr. Wallich for several years. On his resignation the So-
ciety found it necessary to employ one Mr. Gibbon as Super-
intendent on Rs. 50 per mensem.1 The Museum, however,
did not, and could not, under the circumstances, get on
satisfactorily. What was wanted was a competent know-
ledge of Zoology and Geology, and that could not bo
secured for the remuneration offered. The Society had,
therefore, to revert to gratuitous aid from amateurs in
the ranks of the medical service of the East India Com-
pany. The new impulse given to the work of the Society
by the appointment of the Physical Committee in 1828,
led to the employment of a paid Superintendent on Rs. 150
per mensem, and one Mr. Hichins was selected for the post
(June 17, 1828). His successor, three years after, was
appointed on Rs. 200 per month.
The budget of 1836 showed that there were no means
available for the payment of a Curator's salary. As it was,
however, not desirable to dispense with the services of so
Proceedings, AuguBt 1817.

36 History of t/ie Society. [PART I.
experienced and useful an officer, a resolution was adopted

to pay the amount from the vested fund. Tins was received
with great disfavor by some of the leading members of
the Society, and a formal dissent, was placed by them on
record. In the face of this, the plan of payment could not
be continued iu the following vear. The Committee was
thus driven to the alternative either of dispensing with the
services of a Curator, or of reducing expenses iu other
departments. Neither, however, was deemed expedient;
the latter course would seriously affect the progress of
the Society, and the former was by no means desirable.
" Viewing the maintenance of the Museum as a national
object, and calculated to be of immense importance to
science if placed upou a footing of efficiency, with a pro-
fessional naturalist at the head, directing researches and
systematizing information obtained from various sources,
both public and private, in all the branches of Physical
Science, but more particularly in regard to the Natural
History of British India and Asia at large," it was felt
that such a course would be highly reprehensible. It was
accordingly resolved that u a full and urgent represent-
ject, and to solicit such support as is accorded in most

other countries to similar institutions of national and
scientific utility ;" and " pending the result of the re-
ference the Curator be retained."1 The memorial submitted
on the subject was written by Sir Edward Ryan, and its
prayer was based on the high ground of public utility.
After detailing the services rendered to the cause of litera-
ture and science by the Society, Sir Edward remarked:
44
It is not from a declining Society that an appeal is made,
1
Journal, Vol. VI, pp. 399f.
PART i.] Museum. 37
to save it from impending ruin or to enable it to support its

expenses on the same scale of efficiency as heretofore.
On the contrary, the Society never had a more flourishing
list of contributing members, nor was it ever more actively
engaged on the multiplied objects of its attention. Indeed,
it would be difficult to mention any department in which
its duties have not materially increased within the last few
years." 1 He then went on to say :—
" The Asiatic Society, or it may be allowable to say the Metro-
polis of British India, has had the germs of a national Museum
as it were planted in its bosom. As at Paris a new era was opened
in the history of its great museum, the Jardin des Plantes,
through the discoveries of extinct and wondrous animal forms
exhumed from the rocks on which the town was buih, and which
required all the adjuncts of comparative anatomy for their investi-
gation even by the master haud of the great CUVIER ; so in Cal-
cutta through the munificence of a few individuals and develop-
ment of fossil deposits in various parts of India hitherto unsus-
pected, we have become possessed of the basis of a grand collection,
and we have been driven to seek recent specimens to elucidate
them. Our desire has been warmly seconded by all who have
enjoyed the opportunity of contributing; from China, from New
South Wales, from the Cape, and from every quarter of the Honor-
able Company's possessions, specimens of natural history, of
mineralogy and geology, have flowed in faster than they could be
accommodated, and the too little attention they have received has
alone prevented similar presentations from being much more
numerous; for it is but reasonable to suppose that, of the stores
continually despatched to England or the Continent, the Society
would have received a larger share had it doue proper honor to
what it has received.
" h i May 1835, the Society resolved to try the experiment of
appointing salaried officers2 to the charge of its Museum. For two
years economy in other departments has enabled it to maintain this
1 2
Journal, Vol. VI, p. 493. ' IncorFSct.
system, and the good effects of the measure are visible to all who
visit the rooms. Yet, riot being able to purchase more than a small
portion of the time of a competent naturalist, the benefit has been
comparatively limited, and now at the very commencement of the
experiment, the state of the Society's funds will compel it to with-
hold further support from its incipient museum, unless some fresh
source of income be provided.
" These then are the motives that have persuaded the Society
of the propriety of an appeal to the Killing Power:—not to con-
tribute to the ordinary wants and engagements of the institution,
but to convert that institution into a public and national concern
by entrusting it with the foundation and superintendence of what
has yet to be formed,,for the instruction of our native fellow sub-
jects, as much as for the furtherance of science,—a public deposi-
tory of the products of nature in India and the surrounding coun-
tries properly preserved, properly arranged, and properly applied.
" To effect such an object it is indispensable that the services
of a professional naturalist of high attainments should be engaged,
and that he should have at his command the means of work in or
effectually, and of devoting his whole time to the employment."1
The prayer of the memorial was limited to a grant of

Rs. 200 per mensem. The Government admitted that the
expense of establishing such a museum could not be met
by voluntary subscriptions, nor could it u be maintained
in the creditable and useful condition necessary for the
attainment of the object desired, unless aided liberally by
the Government, in like manner as similar institutions in
Europe are supported from the public treasury;" but they
were not prepared to accede to the request without a
reference to the Court of Directors. They said:
" There are many circumstances which induce the Governor-
General in Council to consider that the proposition submitted
on this occasion is peculiarly one to be decided by the Home
1
Journal, Vol. VI, pp. 494-5.
PART i.] Museum. 39
authorities, rather than by the Local Government. In the first

place, the Honorable Court of Directors are themselves at consi-
derable expense in keeping up a museum and library at the India
House, and though his Lordship in Council concurs with you in
thinking that such institutions in Europe, however perfect, do not
supersede the necessity of providing similar in India likewise,—
with reference especially to the spirit of literary inquiry and scien-
tific research which it is desired to excite and encourage amongst the
native youths of India; still the fact that the Honorable Court
have a separate institution of their own, points to the propriety of
making them the judges of its sufficiency or the contrary for
Indian purposes. Moreover, were the Government of India to sanc-
tion a specific annual grant for a museum and library in Calcutta
under the management of your Society, such a grant would reason-
ably be made a precedent for similar applications from learned
Societies at other Presidencies, and his Lordship in Council is not
prepared to decide without a reference to England upon ths rela-
tive claims of such Societies with reference to the circumstances of
the institutions themselves and of the Presidencies and places where
they may be established." (June 1837.)
On the receipt of this, a second petition was submitted,

from which the following is an extract :—
"The Society feel that they have every reason*to be highly
flattered with the condescension aud consideration extended to
their address by the members of Government; and although a
reference to the Honorable the Court of Directors has been deemed
indispensable before finally determining on the adoption of the
Society's proposition for the formation of a national museum at
the cost of the state, still they entertain the most sanguine assur-
ance of a favorable issue under the encouragement and recom-
mendation with which Ilia Lordship in Council has been pleased
to promise that the reference home shall be accompanied.
"On the strength of this confident expectation a very full meet-
ing of the Society, held on the 5th instant, came to the resolution
that it would be unadvisable at such a juncture to break up the
establishment, and abandon the incipient Museum upou which
they had for two years devoted so considerable a portion of their

income, and thus perhaps have to recommence their collection a
year hence, should the Honorable Court acquiesce in the proposed
measure.
"It was consequently resolved that a second respectful appli-
cation should be submitted to the Bight Honorable the Governor-
General in Council in immediate connection with their former
address tainquire:—
"Whether, in order to maintain the Society's Museum in its
present state of efficiency, pending the reference on the subject of
its extension and conversion into a public institution, the Govern-
ment would be disposed to sanction a monthly grant of 200 rupees,
the actual sum which is now obliged to be withdrawn from this
object on account of other calls on the Society's funds."1.
This prayer was at once granted, and Dr. Pearson was
appointed Curator. He was succeeded by Dr. McLelland.
The reply of the Court of Directors came in their Despatch
No. 17, of September 18, 1839. The Court fully recognized
the claims of the Society, and, adverting to the Society's
immediate permanent want of a qualified person to preserve
its collections, remarked, that they " would not object to the
Government allowing the Society a monthly sum of 200 or
250 rupees a month as salary to a Curator, with a further sum
of 50 rupees a month for the cost of preparing specimens
and maintaining the collection in order." They went
further, and said: " We shall not object to your granting to
the Society funds for special purchases, as occasions arise,
as far as may be compatible with a due regard to public
economy. On all such occasions, you will forward to our
Museum a selection from the articles which may have
been so procured."2 The only condition attached to this
was, that " the articles to be purchased^ should not be of a
perishable nature."
1
Proceedings. July 1837. * Ibid., November 1839.
PART i.] Museum. 41
The question now arose as to whether a competent
Curator should be brought out from Europe, or one appoint-
ed in India. Opinion was very much divided, particularly
as the officer then in charge of the Museum, Dr. Mc-
Lelland, was thoroughly well-qualified for the office. That
gentleman, however, did not agree to the terms pro-
posed of two hours' daily attendance at the Museum, and
a monthly report of progress. It was resolved, therefore, to
write to Dr. Wilson, then the London Agent of the Society,
to select a fit person. The person selected was Mr. Edward
Blyth, who took charge of his office in September, 18'41.
It was generally expected that the Curator sent out from
England would be able to take scientific charge of the whole of
the Museum; but this could not be done. Thoroughly compe-
tent as Mr. Blyth was as a naturalist, he had not studied
geology to such an extent as to be fit to be a scientific
curator of that department. In his letter to the Secretary,
dated September 22, 1841, he himself said: " It is in the
Mineral department, unfortunately, that I am at present
less qualified, by previous study, to devote my immediate
and first labors advantageously for the Society; but with
the opportunities for study which are now before me, and
with the liberal encouragement and support I may reckon
upon receiving, I do not fear but that I shall soon render
myself competent to discharge that portion of my duty
which relates to the efficient management of the Museum
of Economic Geology; this being a subject in which I
feel the liveliest interest, and with the high importance
of which I am deeply and thoroughly impressed."1 This
difficulty was, however, soon overcome. The satisfactory
working of the coal mines at Raniganj, and the reports
1
Journal, Vol. XL, pp. 75C.
42 History of the Society. [PAET I.
of Dr. Heifer and other scientific officers had invited the

attention of Government to the mineral resources of the
country, and a resolution was adopted in 1835 to estab-
lish a Museum of Economic Geology, in order to make
typical specimens readily accessible for reference to the
public. An officer was deputed to England to obtain
such specimens. Captain Trimenheere came out with them
in May 1841;'and for want of suitable accommodation else-
where the Government deposited them in the rooms of the
Society. Provision was also made by. Government for
the custody of these by a competent curator on a salary
of Rs. 250 a month, with an allowance of Rs. 64 for con-
tingent charges. The money was placed at the disposal,
and under the control, of the Society, which appointed
Mr. Piddington as Curator, and placed under his charge
the collections of the Museum of Economic Geology
as also its own Geological and Palaeontological speci-
mens. Fossil bones belong as strictly to Zoology as recent
ones, but, for the sake of convenience, and on account of the
peculiar qualifications of the two Curators, the unscientific
course adopted was unavoidable. This arrangement lasted
till 1856, and the two departments thrived most satisfactorily
under the management of the officers appointed. The use-
fulness of the Zoological collections was greatly enhanced by
the publication of valuable catalogues of the Mammals and
Birds by Mr. Blyth, of the Eeptiles and Fresh-water Shells
by Mr. W. Theobald, and of the Fossils by Dr. Hugh
Falconer and Mr. H. Walker. Full monthly reports were
submitted by both the Curators, and they were very favour-
ably received by the scientific public.
The Geological Museum was never a cause of heavy
expense to the Society, and at first the relief afforded by
the Government grant enabled the Society to carry on
PART i.] Museum-. 43
the Zoological branch with but a small contribution from

its general resources. But the collections increased rapid-
ly under the energetic management of Mr. Blyth and the
hearty co-operation of the mofussil members interested in
Natural History, and the demands of the Museum soon
outgrew the resources of the Society.
On the formation of a general Museum in connection
with the then recently established department of Geolo-
gical Survey of India, the Government desired the trans-
fer there of the Museum of Economic Geology.1 It
proposed at the same time that the Society should
deposit there its own collection of fossils and other
geological specimens. The last proposal gave rise to
much discussion. On the one hand it was obvious, that
the collection would be better preserved, better laid out,
and better taken care of by the very able officers under
whom it would be placed than in the Society's premises.
But on the other it was felt, that the dissociation of a part
of the Museum, and that the least expensive but highly
valuable, would prove injurious to the interests of the
Society, if not to endanger its very existence, and at the
same time postpone to an indefinite period the great
objecJ which the Society had cherished since 1837 of
seeing a national museum worthy of the metropolis of
British India established here. The offer of the Govern-
ment was, therefore, declined.2
The removal of the Museum of Economic Geology
enabled the Society to devote more space for the accommo-
dation of its zoological collection, but it had already be-
come an unmanageable burden which no private association
could sustain. It required more room and more establish-
1
Proceedings, July 11, 1856. * -****! November 5,1856.
44 IJistory of the Society. [PART I.
ment to preserve it than what the Society could provide.
Taking these circumstances into mature consideration a
resolution was adopted to the effect, that " the Council enter
into a communication with the Government on the subject of
the foundation at Calcutta of an Imperial Museum, to which
the whole of the Society's collections, except the library, may
be transferred, provided the locality, the general arrange-
ment, and management be declared, on reference to the
Society at large, to be perfectly satisfactory to its mem-
bers."1 The Mutiny of the native troops in the N. W.
Provinces, however, soon after followed, and the matter
was consequently left in abeyance. In October 1858, the
question was revived, and a representation was submitted
to Government, giving in detail the Views of the Society
on the subject of the proposed museum; but it failed in its
object. The Government, while recognizing it as " its
duty to establish in the metropolis.an imperial museum for
the collection and exposition of specimens of natural his-
tory in all its branches, and of other objects of interest
physical, economical and historical"—declined to enter-
tain the project on financial grounds. At the same time
it renewed its offer regarding the geological and palaeonto-
logical collections. The Society, thereupon, submitted a
memorial to the Secretary of State, and, while awaitino- a
reply to this, applied for an extra grant from the Govern-
ment of Rs. 200 per mensem, which, though at the time
declined,2 was^ on a renewal of the application two years
after, sanctioned.
Adverting to previous correspondence, the Government,
in May 1862,aunounced that," in the opinion of the Gover-
nor-General in Council, the time had arrived when the
1 3
Prooeedioge, May G, 1837. Ibid., April and June 1859.
PART i.] Museum. 45
foundation of a public museum in Calcutta, which had been
generally accepted as a duty of the Government, may
be taken into consideration with regard to its practical
realization," and then gave a sketch of the terms on which
the Society's collections may be transferred to it.1 Nego-
ciations now followed, which were protracted till the middle
of 1865, when the following conditions were finally settled,
viz.:—
1. That, in consideration of the Society's making over
its zoological, geological, and archseological collections to
a public museum to be established and maintained by
Government, and made over to a Board of Trustees, the
Society shall be provided with suitable accommodation in
the house which was to be built by Government for the
museum, and to have exclusive possession, occupation, and
control of the portion so alloted to it.
2. That the Society shall have the right of nominating
from its own body one-third of the members of the said
Board.
3. That it shall retain exclusive possession of its own
house.
4. That it shall make over to the new museum all
archaeological and natural history specimens that it may,
in future, receive from its members.
A law to this effect was passed in 1866 (Act XVII),
and the collections were formally made over to an officer
of the Board of Trustees appointed under it. An arrange-
ment was also made to allow the collections to remain in
the Society's premises until the proposed building could be
completed.
The time occupied in building the new house was pro-
1
Journal for 1662, p. 320.
tracted, and the inconvenience felt by the Society from

want of room for the accommodation of its daily expanding
Library was great ; and a special house-allowance was
granted by Government at the rate of Us. 40D per mensem
from December 1, 1874.
A misunderstanding: arose about this time as to the
number of rooms the Society should be permitted to
occupy in the new house. The officers in charge of the
Museum and the Board of Trustees were of opinion that
the whole of the accommodation available in the house then
in course of erection would be ultimately required for the
purposes of their charge, while the members of the So-
ciety were reluctant to enter into a house where accom-
modation was insufficient, and freedom of action cramped.
It was felt, too, that the Society's position as an independ-
ent body would be injured by its office being huddled in
the corner of a house ocpupied by two such large Govern-
ment establishments as the Geological Survey and the
Natural History Museum, and forming as it were a mere
annexe to them. The Government, thereupon, referred
the matter for settlement to a Committee consisting of
Sir Ashley Eden and Dr. Oldham,*and, at their recom-
nipn/ljitinn. nnifl t.hp. Snp.ifit*.v flip cmim / \ f P o 1 KC\ (\i\f\ ~~
compensation for its claim to accommodation in the Museum

building.1 This arrangement has proved highly beneficial
both to the Society and to the Museum.
The exertions made for the establishment of the
national museum, and the endowment of it with the richest
collection of specimens available in India, are acts for
which the Society deserves high credit. To quote th>e
language of an elegant writer in the 'Calcutta Review:'
1
ProceediDgs, July 1876.
PART i.] Publications of the Society. 47
" Had it done nothing elsejto promote science during the
last ten years, it would have entitled itself to the grati-
tude of posterity for the vigor with which it has prose-
cuted to success a project fraught with so much public
usefulness."
Although Sir William Jones contemplated the publica-
tion of a volume of ' Asiatick Miscellany'
J
Publications of the
society: Asiatic Re- every vear, no attempt was made to get
J
searches. " . , . , , . , „ ,
out such a periodical during the first three
years of the Society's career. Most of the papers received
during the first year were short and unimportant, and it
was not until the middle of the year 1787 that the Society
was in a position to go to press with the first volume, of
its Transactions. The Society, however, had no funds
of its own at the time, and there was no publisher in
Calcutta who could undertake the work at his own respon-
sibility. Ultimately one Mr. Manuel Cantopher, of the
Hon'ble East India Company's Printing Office, undertook
the job as a private speculation, on the understanding that
every Member of the Society would take the book at
Us. 20 a copy. The name then approved for the periodi-
cal was " Asiatick Researches," instead of what the founder
had originally suggested. The first volume appeared in
1788, and the second followed in 1790. The third, the
fourth, and the fifth volumes appeared successively in 1793,
1795, and 1797, under the same conditions, the price being
reduced to Rs. 16 per copy. The work created quite a
sensation in the-literary world, and the demand for it was
so great, that a pirated edition was brought out in England
in 1798. This also sold so rapidly that, within the next
five or six years, two other editions were brought out in
octavo. The demand for the work was also urgent on the
Continent, and a French translation was "brought out iu
Paris under the title of " Rqpherches Asiatiques."1 In

introducing it to the public, the translator, M. A. Labaume,
remarked: "cette collection a inspire en Angleterre un
interet, qu'il est a-peu-pr6s impossible de se procurer
aujourdhui un exemplaire de Pedition originale de Cal-
cutta, et qu'il en 6te fait a Londres trois editions, qui sont
presque entierement 6puisees: cependant elles sont fort
incorrectes et remplies de fautes importantes." The
translation was a faithful one, and it was enriched by a
series of valuable notes on the philological and historical
papers by M. Langlcs, and on the scientific papers by MM.
Cuvier, Delambre, Lamarck and Olievier. The estimation
in .which the work was then held was thus indicated by
the editor: " la plus riche collection de faits qui existe
sur V Inde, ce pays qui attire les premiers regards de ceux
qui veulent etudes l'histoire des hommes."
The plan of quarterly contributions from Members had
placed the Society in some fuuds in 1798, when the sixth
volume was about to be sent to press; and, looking to the
rapid and profitable sale which the first five volumes had
met with, the idea was taken up of bringing out the next
volume on account of the Society. The proposal was
that the same printer should continue to print the work,
but at the cost of the Society, which was to reimburse its
outlay by charging the Members at Rs. 12 a copy. Vo-
lumes VI — XII were published under this arrano-e-
1
The full title of the translation rnns thus: " Recherches Asiatiques, ou
Momoires de la Societe etablie au Bengale pour faire des recherches sur l'histoire
et les antiquit&s, les arts, les sciences! et la literature de P Asie; traduits de P
Anglois, par M. A. Labaume. Revus efc Augmented de notes pour la partie Orientale,
Philologique et Historique, par M. Langlfcs, et pour la partie des Sciences exactea
et nnturelles, par MM. Cuvier, Delambre, Lamarck, et Olievier. Paris, 1805, 4to.
2 vols.
PARTI.] Publications of the Society. 49
ment.1 This arrangement did not, however, prove advan-
tageous. The cost of printing became heavy, and the sale-
proceeds did not fully recoup the outlay. In 1819, it was
therefore proposed that the copyright should be sold to a
London publisher, and the work brought out at shorter
intervals than heretofore. The project, however, fell
through. Following the example of European Societies,
it was besides resolved that the Researches should be
given to members gratis. This increased the responsibility
of the Society, and caused greater delay in the publication
of its Transactions. In 1829, when the Physical Class
was in active work, a resolution was adopted to divide the
Researches into two parts, one to be devoted wholly to
scientific papers, and the other to literary contributions.
This plan was carried out in Vols. XVII, XVIII, XIX,
and XX, but as the two parts were intended to be bound
together, no appreciable advantage was gained by it. On
the contrary, the scientific parts did not sell so readily as
the literary ones, and many copies of the stock were
accordingly made defective. In 1837, Mr. James Prinsep
brought out a very carefully prepared analytical index of
the first eighteen volumes of the Researches. This was
a valuable acquisition, as it made the rich treasures of the
Society's Transactions readily accessible to students. It
did not suffice, however, to revive public interest in the
valuable but tardily-issued publication ; and soon after the
completion of the second part of the twentieth volume of
the Researches in 1839, the work was finally abandoned.
The causes which contributed to the stoppage of this
> The dates in which Vols. VI to XX were issued, were :—Vol. VI, in
Vol. VII. in 1801 ; Vol. VIII, in 1805 ; Vol. IX, in 1807 ; Vol. X, in 1808 ; Vol. XI, in
1810 ; Vol. XII, in 1816 ; Vol. XIII, in 1820 ; Vol. XIV, in 1822 ; Vol. XV, in 1825 ;
Vol. XVI, in 1828; Vol. XVII, in 1832; Vol. XVIII, in 1833 ; Vol. XIX, in 1836 ;
and Vol. XX, in 1839.
d
50 History of the Society. [PAIST I.
once popular and highly esteemed periodical were manifold.

The first and foremost was tardy publication. From the
foundation of the Society in 1784 to the close of 1839,
within a period of fifty-five years, the Society published
only twenty volumes, or one volume at an average in every
two years and nine months. In many instances the inter-
val was greater. In the early days of the Society this
was not much felt, but latterly it became a source of fre-
quent complaint. On January 8, 1820, Dr. Gordon moved
that " the great delay in completing and publishing the
volumes of the Society's Transactions being a source of
general complaint and discouraging to the authors of
papers for the Researches, some remedy should be adopted
for publishing the volumes in parts," and it was resolved
that " the Committee of Papers cause the several copies
printed by the Society to be distributed to the members ap-
plying for the same, in such parts as, and at such periods and
as often as, may, by the Committee, be found most convenient;
12 copies of each paper or of the part containing it to be
sent to the authors." This did not, however, suffice to
remove the cause of complaint. Another frequent com-
plaint was the form of the * Researches.' A heavy quarto
volume necessarily suggested elaborate and finished
essays, and in the selection of papers for it, short notes,
describing new discoveries or new ideas, however interest-
ing, were frequently rejected. They were read at meet-
ings, and then pigeonholed for decay. The Transactions
in their quarto form could not be adapted for them.
An outlet for these was, therefore, very much needed.
For a time these found a place in the * Quarterly Oriental
Journal,' which Dr. Wilson started in 1821, while short
notes on scientific subjects were published in the * Transac-
tions of the Medical and Physical Society.9 Both those
pu 1)1 ications, however, were dropped in 1827. A substitute
for these was provided in 1829 by Captain J. D. Herbert,
Deputy Surveyor-General, in a monthly publication which
he started under the name of 'Gleanings in Science.'
Mis primary idea was to confine it to extracts and abstracts
from European scientific publications, but original coritri-
N ations poured in so rapidly that he had to abstain from

xtracts. The Society benefited by this publication so
far that a precis of its monthly proceedings, which had
heretofore been preserved in manuscript, was regularly
published. Captain Herbert, however, was appointed
Astronomer to His Majesty the King of Oudh in 1830, and
Mr. James Prinsep, who had been associated with him
in the undertaking, instead of dropping the work, proposed
to change its name and call it ' The Journal of the Asiatic
Society.' The sanction was given in March 1832. The
'Journal,' however, as it appeared in that month, bore
the name of the 4 Journal of the Asiatic Society of
Bengal.' Its character, too, was entirely changed. Instead
of being a scientific periodical, it became essentially literary.
It came out also with the additional advantage of free
postage, the Government having, in consideration of the
Editor publishing Dr. Buchanan-Hamilton's ' Statistics of
Bengal' as an appendix to it, conceded that privilege.
For the first two years, moreover, it was given to the mem-
bers free of charge. The frequency and regularity with
which this Journal appeared recommended it strongly to
the notice of authors, and many papers which would have
been otherwise reserved for the pages of the ' Researches
found their way into the ' Journal.'
The Journal, thus established and conducted, supei
ceded the Researches. The
Journal. # * . , . . ,t i •* • i i
of franking allowed it was withdrawn
after two years.1 But it had already established its

name and fame as a standard periodical of European
reputation, and the- Asiatic Society made up for the
loss by purchasing the necessary number of copies for
presentation to its members. The Court of Directors
also extended to it their patronage by subscribing for 40
copies.2 It was devoted to the publication almost exclu-
sively of papers received by the Society, and it thus
became its organ, though not officially so recognized.
Although many scientific papers were published in it,
its literary character was generally maintained, for at the
time there were two rivals—the 4India Journal of Science'
of Dr. Corbyn, and the ' Calcutta Journal of Natural
History' of Dr. McLelland, which diverted many scien-
tific papers from its pages. On the other hand, the Govern-
ment, at the request of the Society, allowed it access to all
official records likely to be of general interest, and no want
was ever felt of fit materials for publication.
Financially, nevertheless, it involved a small, but
steadily recurring, loss to the editor. It injured also the
Researches, by withdrawing valuable papers and by stint-
ing the resources of the Society, which, after paying for
the Journal for its members, had little means left to defray
the cost of printing the Researches. The two volumes
and the Index printed since the commencement of the
Journal had to be paid for out of vested funds. On the
retirement of Mr. Prinsep in 1838, his successor, Mr. Henry
Torrens, took up the work and carried it on at his own
risk. Matters, however, came to a crisis at the close of
1842, when Mr. Torrens resigned the secretaryship as well
as the editorship of the Journal, and no one could be
1 2
Proceedings, June 1834. Ibid., February 1838.
PART i.] Proceedings. 53
found to take his place. The only course then left to the
Society was to recognize the Journal as its official organ,
and finally to abandon the Researches.
The changes above adverted to did not in the least affect
the character of the Journal. For ten years it had been
recognized by the public, though not by the Society itself,
as the organ of the Society, and it so continued to be,
though it became a source of greater responsibility to the
Society, inasmuch as the loss which had hitherto been
borne by the editor and proprietor had now to be met by
i t ; and with a view to the exercise of due discretion in the
selection of papers, the Committee of Papers had to be
invested with the duty of editing. Since 1837 its bulk had
become so heavy that the annual volume had to be divided
into two parts, and it was so kept up till 1845. In the fol-
lowing year grave financial difficulties rendered it neces-
sary to reduce its size to the bulk of one part only. From
the next year the two parts were again regularly published
till 1850. The Society's resources were, however, taking
into consideration its other responsibilities, never equal to
so large a publication, and the sizo of the Journal was,
accordingly, again reduced to one part, or six fasciculi, a
year.
Financially this arrangement was appropriate enough,
but it srave rise to a new inconvenience.
Proceedings. _, . / . , « . t v
. . The precis of the Society's proceedings,
which had been hitherto published regularly every month,
could not be oftener issued than once in every two or
three months, and it became a frequent matter of complaint.
The obvious course in the case was to separate the Pro-
ceedings from the body of the Journal, and this was done
in 1865. The value of the new series was also enhanced by
inserting into it short notes, which were not deemed fit for
introduction into the Journal, but which were, nevertheless,
of sufficient interest to be worthy of publication. An-

other change was also at the time suggested. The com-
plaints which necessitated the division of the Researches
into two parts in 1829 were now brought to bear upon the
Journal, and a similar division had to be adopted. Care
was at the same time taken to keep these Parts so distinct
by separate pagination and separate indexes as to form two
separate serials, so that the scientific scholar may have the
scientific matter without the admixture of what to him
appeared as literary lumber, and the orientalist may not have
to pay for scientific matter, in which he did not feel himself
interested. This arrangement necessitated the employment
of three Secretaries, one to look after the general business
of the Society and edit the Proceedings, one to edit the
scientific part of the Journal, and a third to take charge
of the literary portion.
The most frequent contributors to the Journal have been
Mr. J. Prinsep, Mr. B. H. Hodgson, Col. P. T. Cautley,
Mr. E. Blyth, Mr. H. Piddington, Dr. H. Falconer, Dr.
G. G. Spilsbury, Dr. J. Campbell, M. Csoma de Koros,
Capt. J. D. Cunningham, General A. Cunningham, Col. R.
Everest, Major M. Kittoe, Capt. Hutton, Capt. J. W.
"Sherwill, Col. J. Abbott, Capt. J. Newbold, Mr. H. F.
Blanford, Mr. W. T. Blanford, Dr. R. Mitra, Mr. Wood-
Mason, and Mr. H. Blochmann.
A list of all the contributors with the titles of their
contributions will be found in Appendix D.
Counting each part as a volume, the Society has pub-
lished, either directly or indirectly, and including the
index, eighty-four volumes of the Journal, and nineteen
volumes of the Proceedings.
These 103 volumes represent, roughly speaking, a total
of 50,000 pages of closely printed matter, replete with
innumerable essays, papers, monographs, and notes of great
PART I.] Oriental Publications. 55
interest. Their bulk, however, has made their use a
matter of great trouble. To obviate this the writer of this
Review prepared, and published in 1856, an index to the
last two volumes of the Asiatic Researches and the first
23 volumes of the Journal; but it was compiled, as
stated in its preface, " to render the varied and valuable
matter contained in the Transactions of the Society easy
of reference to the compiler, and pretended to be nothing
more than a resume of the several-volume indexes to
the Journal and Researches, giving, under the usual
alphabetical arrangement, nothing more than the subjects,
the names of authors, and the local connection of the arti-
cles as they appear in their titles." A carefully-arranged
analytical index to the entire set is what is now much
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second century of the Society's career will be signalized

by such a compilation.
The subject, nature, and value of the papers published
in these volumes have been noticed at some length in the
subsequent parts of this Review. Suffice it now to observe
that they have contributed greatly to enhance the reputa-
tion of the Society.
Though himself actively engaged in the translation of
nRiAN* i D ui- x. oriental works into the English lan-
Orlental Publications. °
guage, Sir William Jones seems to hg,ve
entertained no idea of the Asiatic Society immediately
taking up the task of printing oriental texts, or of trans-
lating •them ; and it was not. until several years afterwards
that the subject was mooted. The first proposition came
from the. Brethren of the Baptist Mission at Serampore,
who offered to undertake, under certain conditions, the
publication of a series of Sanskrit works with translations,1
1
Proceedings, May 15, 1800.
and the Society, on the recommendation of the Committee
of Papers, agreed to give the Missionaries the aid required,
tbe patronage being limited at the time to a'single work to
be selected by a Committee appointed for the purpose.1
The work approved was the KAm&yana, and the Society
agreed to pay a monthly contribution of Rs. 150, on the
distinct understanding that the work would be completed in
three years. On October 7, 1807, a second book was
selected—the text of the S&nkhya,—and a resolution was
come to to extend the monthly grant to a period of eighteen
months after the expiration of the first three years. The
plan, however, fell through, and the contribution was stop-
ped after the publication of the first three volumes of the
Ramdyana. While these negociations were proceeding, Sir
James Mackintosh, then President of the' Literary Society of
Bombay,' submitted a scheme for the regular publication of
Sanskrit texts; and on July 2, 1806, the Asiatic Society
resolved to " publish, from time to time, as their funds will
admit of it, in volumes distinct from the Asiatic Re-
searches, translations of short works in the Sanskrit and
other Asiatic languages, or extracts and descriptive accounts
of books of greater length in those languages, which may
be offered to the Society and appear deserving of publica-
tion," and " that, as this publication may be expected
gradually to extend to all Asiatic books of which copies
may be deposited in the Library of the Society, and even
to all works extant in the learned languages of Asia, the
series of volumes be entitled ; Bibliotheca Asiatica,' or a
descriptive catalogue of Asiatic books, with extracts and
translations." No action seems to have been taken in
accordance with these resolutions, beyond a few casual
grants in aid of oriental publications by private individuals.
c • Proceedings, July 3, 1805.
PART I.] Oriental Publications. 57
On the arrival of M. Csoma de Koros at Almoraii, after
his long sojourn in Tibet, occasion arose for the Society to
obtain from Government a grant for the publication of that
distinguished scholar's Tibetan Grammar and Dictionary
(1830). The Society at the same time sanctioned an allow-
ance of Us. 50 per mensem to that gentleman, who was
then in very straitened circumstances. This allowance
was continued to the day of his death in May 1843. Soon
after, the Society undertook to print an Aunamatican
Dictionary, prepared by the Bishop of Isauropolis. Sub-
sequently, grants were obtained for the publication of a
Burmese and a Siamese Dictionary, as also for Mr. Macnagh-
ten's edition of the Shdhandmeh and Mr. Brownlow's edition
of the Macan manuscript of the Alif Laild^ the printing
of which the Society undertook to superintend.
It was not, however, until 1835, that any systematic
attempt was made for the publication of oriental works.
The battle which had long raged between the Anglicists
and the Orientalists, in regard to the language best adapted
for the education of the people of this country, came to
a close with the overthrow of the latter, and the Govern-
ment adopted a resolution to put a stop to all oriental
works which were then in the press on its account, direct-
ing the printed sheets ' to be sold ' as fc waste paper.' The
Society now intervened, and, after protracted discussions
at two sittings, came to a resolution to undertake the
completion of the abandoned works, and to arrange for the
carrying on of similar works in future.1 The last part of the
resolution was referred to a Special Committee, consisting
of Dr. Mill, Mr. Hay Macnaghten, Mr. Turton, Mr. William
Grant, Mu J. R. Colvin, and Mr. J. Prinsep, with a view
1
Proceedings, April and June, 1835.
08 Uistory of the Society. [PART I.
44
to prepare a memorial from tlie Society to tlie Court of
Directors and the Board of Control, stating that Government
here have withdrawn the funds hitherto appropriated to
the revival of oriental literature in this country,—and
respectfully impressing upon the authorities at home the
importance of having some public funds appropriated to
this purpose, and requesting them to adopt such means
as they think fit for providing a sufficient sum for this
important subject."1 A strong representation was got up,
and forwarded under the signature of Sir Edward Ryan,
then President of the Societv, to the Court of Directors,2
and an application submitted to Government for the gift
of the printed sheets of the abandoned works.
The works abandoned were :—(1) The Maliabhdrata,
of which 1,400 pages had been printed, and 2,000 remained
unfinished ; (2) the Rdjatarangini^ of which about 200,
out of 620, pages had been printed ; (3) the Naishadha,
of which 200, out of 600, had been printed ; (4) the
Sausruta, of which about one half had been printed ;
(5) the Sariravidyd) a Sanskrit translation of Hooper's Fade
Mecum, of which a few pages only had been printed ;
(6) the Fatdwe Alamgiri, in six volumes royal quarto, of
which only two had been printed ; (7) the Indya, in four
volumes quarto, of which the last two had been printed ;
(8) the Khdzdnat ul Urn, a quarto volume of 620 pages, of
which about one-fifth remained to be printed ; (9j the Jawdme
ul Ilm ul Ridzi, an Arabic translation of Hutton's 4 Mathe-
matics,1 a quarto volume of 120 pages ; (10) the Anis ul
Musharrahin, an Arabic translation of Hooper's Fade
Mecum by Dr. Tytler ; and (11) a Treatise on Algebra in
Arabic. The cost of finishing these works was •estimated
1 8
Journal, Vol. IV, 355. Ibid., Vol. IV, 472.
PART i.] Oriental Publications. 59
at Rs. 20,000, and in a Prospectus issued at the time, the
patronage of the friends of oriental literature and of the
public of India was solicited in aid and support of the
important undertaking. The co-operation of European
literary associations was also invited. The call was cor-
dially responded to. The President of the Societe Asiatique,
de Paris wrote a sympathizing letter, offering the co-opera-
tion of the Society he represented,1 and the native public
most warmly took up the cause. The Pandits and the
Maulvies who had been employed by Government to edit
the works volunteered their services free of charge, and
one gentleman, Navab Tauhar Jang^ of Chitpur, undertook
to defray the entire cost of printing the Share ul Islam.
The works, with two exceptions, were completed in
four years. The exceptions were the Sarlravidya and the
Treatise on Algebra. The former was, after protracted
discussions, abandoned, because it was thought that it would
be useless without a profusion of woodcut illustrations,
which could not be procured in India at that time; and the
latter, because there seemed to be no demand for it.
The petition of the Society to the Court of Directors
was at first coldly received ; but through the exertions
of Professor H. II. Wilson, then the London Agent of
the Society, and of the President and other influential
members of the Royal Asiatic Society, a grant of Rs. 500
per mensem was ultimately sanctioned. The correspond-
ence on the subject appears in the Proceedings of June
1838. The following extract froifi the Court's Despatch
will show the terms on vvhicli the grant was made. Writing
to the Government of India, the Court said:—" Although
the works formerly published may not always have been
1
Proceedings, November 1336.
selected in the most judicious manner, we are still of

opinion that the publication of works—and works on instruc-
tion in the Eastern languages—should not be abandoned;
we therefore authorize you to devote a sum, not exceeding
five hundred rupees a month, to the preparation and publi-
cation of such works, either through the medium of the
Asiatic Society, or any equally appropriate channel, and
we shall expect an, annual return of the works published
rind ten copies of each book for distribution in this
country."
The means thus placed at the disposal of the Society
would have enabled Mr. James Prinsep to have done an
immense deal of good, but his arduous and unremitting
labours of several years in India had undermined his
health, and he was obliged, immediately after the receipt of
the Despatch, to retire from India for a change. It was hoped
that the bracing air of his native land and abstinence from
work would soon bring on a restoration; but he sank under
his illness early in 1840. The estimate he had formed of
the probable cost of completing the works was insufficient,
and, at the time of his retirement, there was a heavy debt, for
the payment of which his successors, Dr. O'Shaughnessy and
Mr. Sutherland thought fit to confine their oriental works
to the completion of the Mahdbkdrata. Mr. Henry Torrens
was elected Secretary in May 1840. He was a distin-
guished scholar, an elegant writer, and a linguist, but he
had neither the energy nor the aptitude to control financial
details, and was withal unmindful of the restraints of rules,
and under his management the grant was frittered away on
works which did not come under the terms of the Court's
Despatch. The annual account called for by the Court
was not rendered during the whole time of his management
to the close of 1S46. The only new work published during
PART I.] Bibliotheca Indica. 61
his secretaryship was an edition of the Tdrikh-i-Nddiri

in Persian. A contribution of Rs. 500 was also paid to cover
the cost of printing a selection of small poems in Sans-
krit, under the name Kdvya-sangraha. When the accounts
were cast in the last named vear, it was found that no less
than Rs. 25,000 had been devoted to purposes unconnected
with oriental literature.
The immediate question before the Council of 1847 was,
_.... .. . .. how to utilize the grant and a Com-
Bibliotheca Indica. a .
mittee was appointed to devise means to
carry out the Court's wishes regarding the publication of
the Vedas. The plan approved by the Society was, as
suggested in a judicious minute by Mr. Laidley (dated
December 1847) to start a monthly serial under the name
of 4 Bibliotheca Indica' and the editorship of a competent
scholar, aided by a staff of% Pandits. The work was taken
in hand at the beginning of 1848. Dr. Roer was
appointed the chief editor on a salary of Rs. 100 per
mensem, and his principal duty was to supply English
translations of the works taken in hand. The first work
selected was the Sanhita of the Rig Veda, but before
four fasciculi of it could be published, news arrived that the
Court of Directors had made arrangements with Dr. Max
Miiller for the publication of that work, together with an
English translation by Dr. H. H. Wilson, and the Society's
project had, therefore, to be abandoned. Dr. Roer then took
up the Upanishads and some other works.
At the close of 1850, the Council appointed a Sub-
Comniittee to report on the publication, and at their sug-
gestion the post of chief editor was abolished, and rules
were framed for the remuneration of editors according to
the nature of the work done. The Committee further
su<™csted, " that, whilst it is of the highest importance for
\rz History of the Society. [PART I.
translations to be made here in India with all Hindu

assistance, it is not expedient to limit the publication of
volumes in the ' Bibliotheca Indicsi' to works which the
editors may be prepared at once to translate. It is evident
that such a restriction would operate unfavorably, as in
many cases, years must be spent before a perfectly satis-
factory translation could be finished. At the same time
the Committee recommend that no .work should be printed
without so much critical apparatus as is necessary for
giving an account of the manuscripts made use of, their
authority and age, &c, and a resume of the contents
of the volume."1 These suggestions were unanimously
approved, and they gave, a new impulse to the publica-
tion. Distinguished scholars, such as Dr. Sprenger,
Dr. Ballantyi:e, Pandit Isvarachandra Vidydsagara, tender-
ed their services, and several .very valuable works were
taken in hand. The publications were carried on with great
spirit and energy, soon outstripping the limit imposed by
the amount of the grant, and in five years it became neces-
sary to put a stop to the issue of the ' Bibliotheca' in order
to pay off arrears.
About this time a letter was received from Professor
Wilson, finding fault with some of the Arabic works then
in course of publication, on the ground of their being
unconnected with India, and therefore of little interest to
local scholars, and not contemplated by the terms of the
grant.2 This was followed by a Despatch from the Court
of Directors, in which the same arguments were repeated
in an official form. Adverting to the excess of expenditure
over income, the Court remarked :—
"This augmented activity and enhanced expense arise especially
from the great impulse given to publications in Mahomraedan litera-
2
» Journal, VoL XIX G2D. Proceedings, May 1856.
PART i.] Bibliotheca Indica. 63
ture and the Arabic language. Of the 38 Nos. of the (Bibli-
otheca Indica' issued in 1854, twenty-seven are Arabic, only ten
are Sanskrit, and one English; the cost of the former is R». 6,752,
of the ten latter less than half, viz., 11s. 3,036. This is a dispro-
portion which is inconsistent with the comparative claims of the
two departments of literature, whether the ratios of the popula-
tion or the value of the individual works be considered, for on
referring to the Mahommedan works, we observe that they have no
relation whatever to India; nor to any popular form even of the
literature of the Indian Mahommedans; but they embrace to a
very large extent abstruse Mahommedan theology and Sufyism,
iu works which noue but a few of the most learned Moulvies
nan read, and which still fewfir nnrtftrafjnifl. works
lese for the illustration of the past or present condition of India,
and of little utility to European scholar?. When we authorized
the appropriation of a special grant to the encouragement of
Indian literature, we had in view especially the literature of the
Hindus, although, we did not purpose to exclude Mahommedan
literature of local origin or interest, such as the historical works
epitomized by Sir Henry. Elliott; but we certainly did not "con-
template a voluminous and costly publication of the theology and
tradition and spiritual mysticism of the Mussulmans, which is the
literature of Arabia and not at all that of India.
" W e therefore direct that the encouragement of such works
be hereafter withheld. The publications that have been com-
menced may be completed, but upon their completion we expect
that the Asiatics Society, in applying part of the funds placed at
its disposal to Arabic or Persiau works, will have due regard to
the light which they are calculated to throw, not upon the litera-
ture or theology of Arabia, but upon the literature and history of
India."1
The principles here laid down have, since the date, been
fully recognized and generally acted upon by the Society,
though the varying ascendaucy of Sanskrit and Semitic
1
Proceedings, August J 83G.
scholars in the Council of the Society have at tinier caused

a slight preponderance on the one side or the other.
The practice now is to divide the grant into two parts,
one of which is devoted to Sanskrit, and the other to works
in Arabic, Persian and other languages. This apportion-
ment was first brought to the notice of Government in
1868 by Mr. Whitley Stokes, then Legal Member of the
Supreme Council, who, while accepting the propriety of it,
remarked, that, in view of the vast extent and paramount
importance of Sanskrit literature, and the little that has
yet been done towards its preservation, the amount devoted
to it was very small, and recommended it to be doubled.
The Government approved of his suggestion, and the
Society now receives an additional allowance of Rs. 250
per mensem exclusively for Sanskrit works.
The total number of Oriental works published by the
Society up to date amounts to 140. Of these, one hun-
dred and eleven have been published, or are in course of
publication, in the * Bibliotheca Indica.' The works may
be noticed under two heads : 1st, Semitic ; 2nd, Sanskritic,
The Semitic series includes, besides some standard law books
in Arabic, all the standard works in Persian, on the general
history of India, together with a critical edition and au
English translation of the Ain-i-Akbari, the well-known
Gazetteer of Akbar's extensive empire. An imperfect
version of this work was published early in this century
by Mr. Francis Gladwin, but it did not include the most
important part of tiie work—its numerous tabular state-
ments. The translation, moreover, had been long since out
of print. The late Mr. Blochmann, therefore, undertook
a new and faithful translation, and brought out the first
volume in 1873, together with the whole of the text.
For rigorous exactitude of rendering, for faithful repre-
I.] Bibliotheca Indica. 65
sentation of. the spirit of the original, and for the richness,
variety and profusion of its illustrative and explanatory
notes, the book is a model of its kind. No Persian work
lias as yet had the benefit of so able and so faithful an inter-
preter. It is deeply to be regretted that the lamented
death of its learned and enthusiastic Secretary has deprived
the Society not only of his invaluable services, but also of
the opportunity of completing the work in the same style.
The Sanskrit series includes the leading works of almost
all the departments of Brahmanic literature. The Vedas
are represented by twenty-five different works ; the Purd-
nas, by three ; the philosophical schools, by the text-books
of all the six leading systems and several commentaries ;
the Yotishah, by three, two with translations. The law-
books, the rituals of the Vedas, grammar, rhetoric, and
other branches have also been represented by important
works. Notices of these in some detail will appear in a
subsequent part of this Review. It is doubtful if any
Society in Europe has, within fifty years, done for any classic
literature as much as the Asiatic Society of Bengal has
done for Sanskrit literature since 1847. This work alone
has given to it the highest claim to the consideration and
respect of the people of this country and of oriental
scholars in all parts of the world.
Up to date, the Bibliotheca series has come up to a
total of 747 fasciculi ; of these 280 are Semitic, including
English • translations of four works in 28 fasciculi. The
names of the translations are: 1, Ain-i-Akbari; 2 Tabakdt-
i-N&siri ; 3 History of the Khalifs; 4 Shamshieh, or the
Logic of the Arabians. The Sanskrit series takes up
467 fasciculi, including translations of twenty different
works in 50 fasciculi. The works in the Semitic series
have been edited by Dr. Aloys Sprenger, Captain Nassau
Lees, nekekyan Bey, Mr. Henry Blochmann, Mnjor

Raverty, Captain Jarrett, and the Maul vies of the Calcutta
Madrissa. The credit of the Sanskrit series is due to
several scholars, of whom—
Dr. E. Roer ... ... ... edited 33 fasc.
„ Fitz-Edward Hall ... ... „ 18 „
„ Ballantyne ... ... „ 5 „
„ E. B. Cowell# ... ... ... „ 17 „
Professor Jayan£r&yana TarkapancMnan ... „ 19 „
„ Bharatachandra Siromani ... „ 16 „
„ Mahesachandra NyAyaratna ... „ 19 „
Pandit Satyavrata Sdmasrami ... ... „ 44 „
Dr. Rdjendral&la Mitra ... ... „ 83 „
., Hoernle ... ... 12
Appendix C supplies a detailed list of all the works

published.
As a preliminary to the publication of Sanskrit works,
Conservation of it was, at the beginning of this century^
Sanskrit Manu- .
scripts. deemed expedient to collect information
regarding the nature, extent, and character of Sanskrit
manuscripts extant in this country. Dr. Farquhar accord-
ingly proposed, on October 5, 1803, that "the Society
immediately adopt some effectual steps to procure a cata-
logue of all the most useful Indian works now in existence,
with an abstract of their contents." No action, however,
could be taken on it, owing to want of organization for carry-
ing out so vast an undertaking, until July 1, 1807», when a
petition was submitted to Government, praying an annual
grant of five to six thousand rupees to carry out the
object. Mr. Colebrooke, then President of the Society,
urged the following arguments in support of this prayer:—
" The utility of such a catalogue is obvious. It would assist
the researches 6f learned men, directing them to the books most
PAUT i.] Bihliotheca Fndica. 07
likely to afford the information which they may require; it would

promote the studies of oriental scholars, guiding them to the
selection of books most deserving of their notice; and, on many
points, it would furnish to the literary world as much information
as is needed in particular branches of Indian knowledge.
" A catalogue, prepared according to the views of the Asiatic
Society, would not only indicate the subject and scope of every
valuable book, but would contain extracts of the most curious
or important passages in it, besides notices of various topics
connected with the work itself, with the history of its author,
or that of the sovereign in whose reign he lived, and with
the manners and opinions prevalent at the period when he
wrote.,
" It can scarcely be hoped that a work of so great extent
should be undertaken and executed solely at the charge of indivi-
duals. The labor will be cheerfully borne by • members of the
Society, so far as their part of the task reaches, but much prepara-
tory labor must be performed by learned natives, for whom remu-
neration will be requisite. Private Libraries will, no doubt, .be
open; but, however extensive some of those libraries may be, and
among others, my own collection of Sanskrit manuscripts, it will
be still necessary that considerable expense should be incurred
in providing books, which may not there be found. It is desirable,
for other reasons also, that reliance should not be exclusively placed
on the precarious aid of private collections. A library of oriental
manuscripts, accessible ,to the public under proper regulations,
would be otherwise greatly beneficial. Asiatic knowledge would
be there preserved. The learned, whether Natives or Europeans,
would easily supply themselves with transcripts of scarce books,
and whenever occasion arose for consulting numerous authorities,
the irksome task of reference would be alleviated.
u
On every consideration, the Asiatic Society is desirous of
forming a collection, as well as of obtaining detailed catalogue, of
manuscripts. But the funds of the Society are too limited for the
undertaking: and, without aid, either the design must be relin-
quished, or, if it be prosecuted, a progress answerable to the public
expectations cannot be looked for. On the ot'iier hand, if the
€8 History of the Society. [PART I.
Asiatic Society had at its disposal a moderate addition to those

funds, in an annual sum of five to six thousand rupees, the execu-
tion of the scheme might be immediately commenced; and its
accomplishment might be expected at a period not very remote."
The Government received the proposition very favor-
ably, and strongly recommended it to the notiCfe of the
Court of Directors ; but the Board of Control declined to
m&ke the grant, and the project dropped. Mr. Prinsep,
in 1837, revived the idea ; and, in the Sanskrit catalogue
of the Society's Library, included, by way of a first instal-
ment, the names of all the works contained in the libraries
of the Calcutta and the Benares Sanskrit Colleges. This,
however, did not meet the requirements of the case,
and, in 1867, Pandit Radh&kissen, of Lahore, urged the
adoption of a comprehensive scheme that should bring
to light the treasures of Sanskrit lore buried in pri-
vate libraries in India. The Government of Lord Law-
rence took it up warmly, and, acting upon the recommend-
ation of Mr. Whitley Stokes, ordered that each of the
several subordinate Governments should organize a scheme
not only for the preparation of inventories, on a uniform
plan, of all manuscripts that may be met with in private
collections, but also for the purchasing or the preparation
of transcripts of all valuable or rare manuscripts, promis-
ing at the same time special grants for the purchase of
rare collections, whenever opportunities would offer for
so doing. The Government, at the same time, named
Dr. Buhler of Bombay, Dr. Kielhorn of Piind, Mr. Burnell
of Madras, and the writer of this Review, as persons who,
in its opinion, were fit to be entrusted with the management
of the undertaking. The amount sanctioned for Bengal
was Rs. 3,000 per annum, and the Asiatic Society was asked
to superintend its disbursement.
PART I.] Bibliotheca Indica. 69
The form recommended by Government was a tabular
one, which did not admit of the contents of the manuscripts
being given at length. The writer of this Review, when
requested to undertake the work, pointed out this defect,1
and, taking into consideration the fact that a work of this
kind could be done only once for all, suggested certain
modifications, especially with reference to abstracts of
contents. His suggestions were approved both by the
Society and the Government, but unfortunately his minute
was not circulated to other Governments, and the oppor-
tunity for securing uniformity was lost.
The inventories prepared for the Society have been
named "Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts," and eighteen
fasciculi of these have been published during the last twelve
years. The descriptions given are full, and the contents
of most of tlie'works have been given in such a way as to
obviate the necessity of a future more detailed analysis.
In this respect it contrasts very favorably with the .lists
published in Madras, Bombay and the N. W. Provinces.
The model selected was the admirable catalogue of the
Bodleian collection prepared by Dr. Aufrecht. A cata-
logue has also been prepared by the writer of the library
of His Highness the Maharaja Bikaner. It extends to
745 pages, and supplies more or less detailed notices of
1,794 manuscripts.
Although Sanskrit manuscripts are not marketable
articles, and the sanctity attached to them by the people
of this country render them extremely difficult of access,
nevertheless, purchases have been made to the extent of
2,507 codices. These are now preserved in the library
of the Asiatic Society.
1
Proceedings, May 18C9.
It has been incidentally noticed (ante, p. 57), that

Miscellaneous the Society obtained from Government
works, contributions in support of the publica-
tion of certain oriental works ; nor were its efforts in this
respect limited to works of that description. Scien-
tific works taken in hand in India always found ready
support from the Society, both by subscriptions from its
own funds as well as by intercession with the Government
for special grants. In certain cases the Society, likewise,
undertook the task of superintending the printing of
literary and scientific works for others. As instances, it
may not be amiss here to cite the names of Colonel
Dalton's magnificent work on the Ethnology of Bengal,
Colonel Mainwaring's Lepcha Grammar and Dictionary,
Mr. Beal's Biographical Dictionary, and Mr. Grierson's
Grammar of the Northern Behar dialect. * Circumstances
also arose from time to time to print works independently of
the Journal of the Society. The most important and recent
work of this class is Messrs. Moore and Hewettson's des-
cription of Mr. Atkinson's collection of Indian Lepidoptern,
a profusely illustrated quarto volume, which was most wel-
come to students of Entomology. In 1837, the Society
came into possession of the original journals, correspond-
ence, and researches of Messrs. Moorcroft and Trebeck's
travels beyond the Himalayas, and immediately placed them
in the hands o( Messrs. Allen & Co., the charge of editing
being entrusted to Dr. Wilson, then its London agent. The
whole edition of the work, however, sold off in a short time,
and the Society incurred no expense on account of it. Mr.
Hodgson's Essay on * the Coch, Bodo and Dhimal Tribes,''
Mr. Laidley's Travels of Fahian, and some other minor
works were also published solely, or mainly, at the expense
of the Society. A list of these^vill be found in Appendix C.
PABT i.] ' Funds. 71
It has been already stated that, during the first twelve
Funds years of its career, the Society possess-
ed no income of any kind. Such small
contingent expenses as were incurred in carrying on its
affairs were defrayed by the President, or by the Secre-
tary, or by both. When the rules regarding quarterly
subscriptions were adopted in 1796, the great object was
to accumulate a sufficient sum for the building of a
house, and for sometime afterwards very little was spent for
other purposes. It was not until the establishment of its
museum and library that the ordinary expenses of the
Society became heavy, and the periodical cost of the
Researches, which subsequently began to be distributed
gratis, swallowed up nearly the whole of its income. More-
over, whatever little savings it had, were lost by the
failure of Messrs. Palmer and Co., who were the Society's
agents till 1828. Difficulties, therefore, arose in 1829,
when frequent grants had to be sanctioned for the re-
searches of the Physical Class and for costly illustrations
for the Transactions. The cost of the Museum was also
steadily on the increase. A very timely relief was about
this time received by a donation from the King of Oudh
of Rs. 20,000, supplemented by another of Rs. 5,000 from
his Prime Minister. This enabled the Society to pay off
its debts, and still leave a considerable sum in the hands
of its bankers. Unfortunately, however, the failure, in
1833, of Messrs. Mackintosh and Co., who had charge of
the money, deprived it entirely of its cash balance. In 1834,
one Mr. Bruce, who had been long a member, of the Society,
left a bequest of £2,000, and the amount was invested in
Government Securities, from the interest of which it was
expected that the cost of the Researches would be
easily and regularly defrayed, and that publication would
be independent of the ordinary resources of the Society ;

but the monthly contributions for the Journal and heavy
expenses on account of the oriental publications began
soon to trench upon this vested fund. In 1836, its amount
had been reduced to Us. 17,500, and a resolution was
adopted to pay out of it Rs. 200 a month for a Curator.1
This called forth a vigorous protest, 2 and as it may be
of use for reference in future, it may be well to copy it
here:—
€€
It appears to us that in a Society^ constituted as the Asiatic
Society of Bengal is, the existence of a fund vested in Govern-
ment Securities is absolutely necessary for the permanence of the
foundation.
" We consider that such funds are intended to be reserved
for cases of extreme emergency, and that the iuterest only of
such funds should be carried to the current expenses of the
Society.
"We also consider that any infringement of a law upon which
the Society's existence may be said to depend, is injurious not
only to the Society itself as a body, but to the interests of the
members individually ; and may be drawn in as a precedent for
further encroachments, leading to the ultimate dissolution of the
Society.
" For these reasons, we dissent from the resolution passed at
the meeting of the Society of the 4th May, 1836, continuing the
services of a Curator at two hundred rupees per mensem, the
account current shewing a deficiency of Rs. 571-0-1, and the pay-
ment of the Curator's salary being proposed to be made out of
the vested funds of Ma. BRUCE. Further, in adverting to the
Secretary's remark, ' that M. BOUCHEZ, the assistant and work-
ing Curator, would be competent to set up all new specimens and
preserve the present collection,' we see no necessity, under the
1 s
Proceedings, May 1836. Ibid,, January 1837.
PART i.] Funds. 73
present difficulties of the Society, of retaining the higher appoint-
ment."
Northern Doab, -\ P. F. CAUTLEY, Capt, Arty.
14*/* Dec. 1836;/ H. FALCONER, M.D.
W. M. DURAND, Lieut, Engrs.
W. E. BAKER, Lieut, Engrs.
and, Calcutta, *) ALEXANDER COLVIN, Lieut-Col., Engrs.
r.}
26th Jan. 1837. / JOHN COLVIN."
This led to the stoppage of the Curator's allowance on

the following year. B0t the mischief had already been
done, and the lax management of the finances for some
years afterwards, and the nnnecessarily large establish-
ment entertained, greatly embarrassed the position of the
Society, and accumulated a debt, which in 1846 entirely
swamped the vested fund. Re trench ments also became
urgently necessary. Instead of a European Assistant
Secretary on Rs. 200, a Librarian on Rs. 100, an Assistant
Librarian on Rs. 40, a Maulvie and a Pandit on Rs. 30 each,
and an Accountant on Rs. 60, total Rs. 460, a single native
officer as Assistant Secretary aud Librarian on Rs. 100 a
month was found ample for the requirements of the Society,
and the financial affairs of the Society were managed with
perfect smoothness for some time after this change. With
greatly extended business, it was not possible, however, to
establish a vested fund. From 1847 to 1876, the Society
lived on its annual income, but saved nothing. In 1858 a
resolution was adopted to the effect, that the composition
fees received from Life Members should be vested in
Government Securities, and only the interest thereof should
be devoted to current expenditure. Compositions, how-
ever, were few, and the vested fund therefore remained
insignificant. The compensation received from Government
in 1875 in lieu of the claim the Society had for accommo-
74 History of the Society. [PART L,
dation in the Indian Museum building, enabled the Society

to vest a large sum in Government Securities, and a por-
tion of it is now held as a Permanent Reserve Fund under
Bule 67, which runs thus : " Of the Funds of the Society
now invested in Government Securities, Es. 1,20,000 shall
be considered as a Permanent Reserve Fund for the bene-
fit of the Society, and it shall not be competent to the
Council, or to any of the Society's officers, or to any Com-
mittee of the Society, to sell or otherwise alienate the
said fund or any portion of it witjpDut first recommending
the sale or alienation in question to the Society, and taking
the votes of the geueral body of Members as provided in
Rules 64 and 65, and, further, such sale or alienation
shall only be lawful if carried by a majority of not less
than three-fourths of the members who have voted. And
should any portion of the Permanent Fund be sold or
alienated by authority of the members of the Society, the
remainder shall be preserved under this rule in the same
manner as if the sum were intact." It is to be hoped that
this rule will be scrupulously and most faithfully observed,
and no occasion will arise in future for dissentients to
record a protest similar to the one quoted above.
In a brief history like the present it is not possible to
Beadroll.
give
f
personal
'
notices of all those whose
labors have created and sustained the
reputation of the Society. Were it otherwise, still suffi-
cient information cannot now be collected regarding the
earlier contributors. To make a selection would be an
unpleasant and invidious .task. Brief notices of most of
the authors of papers have, besides, been given in subse-
quent parts of this Review. It is, nevertheless, desirable to
refer here to a few of the most renowned scholars with
whom the fame of the Society is intimately associated.
PART i.] Beadroll. 75
Their names stand on the beadroll of the Societv, and as
such are deserving of its highest respect.
1. The first and foremost name in this beadroll is that
of Sir William Jones, born September 1746, died April 27,
1794. To him the Society owes its foundation and the dis-
tinction it attained in the earlier days of its career. No less
than 29 papers were contributed by him in the first four
volumes of the Asiatic Researches, and his translation of
Manu has been a standard text-book of reference for
lawyers for a hundred* years. He, likewise, translated
into English the Sakuntald of Kalidasa, and the Gitago-
binda of Jayadeva. He was a scholar of world-wide
renown, and his memory is dearly cherished by all oriental
scholars.
2. Sir John Shore, Bart., afterwards Lord Teignmouth,
succeeded Sir William Jones on May 26, 1794, and retired
to England on May 2, 1797. He contributed only six
papers to the Researches, but it was mainly through- his
exertions that the Society prospered in its infancy. His
name is intimately associated with the foundation of the
Society, but he is best remembered by the people of this
country as the virtual author of the Permanent Settlement
of the land-revenue in Bengal.
3. The name of Henrv Thomas Colebrooke, born 1765,
died March *18, 1837, comes next. He came to India as a
writer in the service of the East India Company, and for a
long time held the office of a Jiutee in the Sadar Dewani
Addhvt. He was President of the Asiatic Society for ten
years, from April 1806 to February 1, 1815, and contribut-
ed nineteen papers to the Transactions of the Society. On
his retirement from India, he helped the Society as its Lon-
don agent until the time of his demise. A great mathema-
tician, zealous astronomer, and profound Sanskrit scholar,
76 - History of the Society. [PAKT I.
he wrote nothing that did not at once command the liMi-

est attention from the public, and, notwithstanding the
great advance that has been made in oriental researches
of late years, his papers are still looked upon as models of
their kind. He was the founder of the Royal Asiatic
Society of Great Britain and Ireland, and contributed
several valuable papers to its Transactions.
4 Sir Charles Wilkins, Kt., LL.D., born 1750, died 1833,
came out to India as a writer in the East India Com-
pany's Civil Service, and devoted himself to the study of
the Sanskrit language. He was the first Englishman who
acquired a thorough mastery of it, and in 1779 published a
grammar of that language. He, likewise, translated the
Bhagavadgita, which was published in 1785 under the
auspices of Mr. Warren Hastings. He was the first also
to bring his profound learning to bear upon Sanskrit
palaeography, and to decipher several inscriptions, which
were unintelligible to the Pandits of his time. He was a
scholar of unexampled perseverance, and his unremitting
labors in the climate of Bengal forced him to retire from
the Service at the close of the last century. In England
he published a translation of the Hitopadesa and several
extracts from the Mahablidrata. On the arrival in England
of a large collection of oriental manuscripts, soon after the
capture of Seringapatara, the Court of Directors appointed
him the custodiau of those treasures. He was thus the
first Librarian of the India House Library. On the estab-
lishment of the College at Hailebury, in 1805, he was
appointed a visitor of tjjat Institution in the Oriental Depart-
ment, and at about that time the University of Oxford
conferred on him the honorary degree of Doctor in Civil
Law. At a later period King George IV bestowed on him,
in recognition of his lygh literary merits, the honor of
PART i.] Beadroll. 77
Knighthood, accompanying that act of favor with the
badge of the Guelphic Order.
5. Samuel Davis, Esq., F. R. S., came out to India as
an officer of Engineers in the Bengal Presidency, and
accompanied the Embassy to Tibet in 1783, but was soon
after admitted to the Civil Service of the East India Com-
pany. He joined the Society two months after its found-
ation, and contributed three papers to its Transactions.
He was a mathematician and astronomer, and to him is
due the credit of having first identified, by actual observa-
tions in the company of Pandits at Benares, the asterisms and
many of the stars noticed in Sanskrit works. While em-
ployed as District Judge and Governor-General's Agent at
Benares, he was deeply engaged in astronomical researches
in an observatory which he had erected on the top of
his house. Vizier Ali, the deposed Navdb of Oudh,
revolted at this time, and attacked him with a large follow-
ing of rowdies at the top of the staircase to his observa-
tory. He defended himself for a long time with a pike,
which now forms the crest of his family coat-of-arms- He
became Chairman of the Court of Directors, and in that
capacity wrote the celebrated Fifth Report on the Perma-
nent Settlement. He was subsequently elected a fellow
of the Royal Society of London.
6. Colonel Francis Wilford. He was an enthusiastic
supporter of the Society. He wrote ten elaborate essays on
historical subjects, which created quite asensation in his time.
Unfortunately, however, the Pandits on whom he relied for
his quotations from Sanskrit works betrayed him, and his
speculations, therefore, were subsequently found to be not
very valuable.
7. Reuben Burrow, Esq., writer in the service of the
East Inijja Company. He was a distinguished mathema-
tician and astronomer, and contributed eleven papers in

connexion with the mathematics aud astronomy of the
Hindus.
8. John Bentley, Esq., a writer in the Civil Service, dis-
tinguished himself by his researches into Hindu astronomy,
for which he deservedly acquired high distinction in Europe.
9. Dr. H. H. Wilson, born 1784, died May 1860. He
arrived at Calcutta in 1808, in the Medical Service of the
East India Company, became Deputy Secretary to the
Society on April 2, 1811, and hi two months was elected
full Secretary, which office he held till 1833, with two short
breaks iu 1815 and 1819, He first attracted public notice
by an elegant translation of the Meghaduta, which was
published in 1813. It was followed in rapid succession
by other works, among which his 4 Theatre of the Hindus'
and the Sanskrit-English Dictionary deserve special men-
tion. He contributed also largely to the periodical litera-
ture of the day, and to the Asiatic and the Medical and
Physical Societies. In 1816, he. was appointed Assay
Master of the Calcutta Mint, which office he held to the
last day of his sojourn in Calcutta. As visitor of the
Sanskrit College of Calcutta, he superintended the publi-
cation of a large number of Sanskrit books, and, with the
assistance of a native staff, had the bulk of the eighteen
Purdnas translated into English, from cut of which lie
selected the Vishnu Purdna for publication. The Chair
of Boden Professor of Sanskrit at Oxford was created in
1832, and he assumed it in the summer of the following
year. His literary labors in England were incessant, and
within a week before his death he completed his translation
of the fourth volume of the Rig Veda and a critical review
of Max Miiller's Vedic Literature. His name stands con-
spicuous on the foil of those whose genius and laliors have
PART i.] Beadroll. . 79
contributed to enlighten the literary world on the early
history and civilization of the Hindu race. His connexion
with the Society extended over a quarter of a century, and
during that period the stability and credit of the Society
was thoroughly established.
10. James Prinsep, Esq., born' August 20, 1799, died
April 22, 1840. i He was distinguished almost from his
infancy for habits of minute attention to whatever fairly
attracted his mind, and his ingenuity and skill in design
pointed to the profession of an architect as especially
appropriate.' But while studying under Pugin, his eyes
suffered seriously, and he had to drop his study. This
affection lasting long, all opportunity for entering into any
learned profession was lost. On his recovery, he entered
as an apprentice to Mr. Bingley, Assay Master of the
Roval Mint, London, and in due course, receiving a certifi-
cate of proficiency, was sent out as assistant to the Assay
Master of the Calcutta Mint, in 1819. After a few months'
service he went up with Dr. Wilson, then Assay Master
of Calcutta, to Benares, the Miiit office where required
special remodelling. Dr. Wilson returned after the com-
pletion of his mission, and Mr. Prinsep was left there as
Assay Master for several years. In 1833, he succeeded Dr.
Wilson at the Calcutta Mint. During his stay at Benares,
he published a large illustrated work on the temples of
that holy city. He, likewise, contributed to the pages of
the ' Gleanings in Science/ of which he was for a time the
editor. The Asiatic Society testified its respects for his
services by voting a bust, which now graces its meeting-
room ; and the public of Calcutta, in recognition of his
services, erected near Fort William a magnificent Ghat to his
memory. His services to the Asiatic Society, from 1832
to 1838, have been frequently referred to In the preceding
pages, as also in the subsequent parts of this Review.

Suffice it to say that his administration was the most
brilliant and successful in the annals of the Society.
11. Rev. W.H. Mill, D.D., elected 1833. retired in 1842.
He came out in the Ecclesiastical Service of the East India
Company, and for a lohg time held the office of Principal
of Bishop's College, Sibpur. His contributions to the
Journal were not very numerous, but high encomium is
due to his patience, perseverance, and learning in decipher-
ing the inscriptions on the Allahabad column in one of the
oldest Indian characters. He was a profound Sanskrit
scholar, and universally held in high esteem. To mark
their sense of veneration for him, the members of the
Society have set up a bust to his honor.
12. Brian Houghton Hodgson, Esq., Bengal Civil Ser-
vice, born 1799, living. He came out to India in 1819,
and spent the greater part of his time in the Himalayas,
holding for several years the office of Resident at the
Court of Khatmandu, Nepal. He utilized to the utmost
the very favourable opportunities he had of carrying on his
literary and scientific pursuits in a till then untrodden
field, and the service he has done to the cause of science
is immense. His contributions to the Society amount to a
total of 112 papers, besides large donations in exceedingly
valuable manuscripts and specimens of Natural History.
On his retirement from the Civil Service in 1843, the
Society voted him a bust, and his name is intimately asso-
ciated with the progress of the Society. Those of his
collaborateurs who are still living cherish for him the
kindest affection and respect.
The details given above, meagre as they are, show
Summary.
that the Asiatic Society
J
has,i duringo its
career of a hundred years, fully carried
PART i.] Summary. 81
out the objects of its existence. To bring the record of
its services to a focus :
1. It lias provided for the use of scholars a commodi-
ous house, valued at Rs. 1,50,000.
2. It has got up a library, containing thirty thousand
volumes, of which upwards of eight thousand are manu-
scripts.
3. It has a collection of ancient coins and medals, va-
lued at ten thousand rupees.
A Ti. 1 .^ 11 K_.j. 1 1-1- _ -11 . _ J * /» . * M
and memorial busts.

5. It got up an Archaeological and Ethnological
Museum of considerable extent, a Geological Museum rich
in meteorites and Indian fossils, and a Zoological Museum,
all but complete as regards the Avi-fauna of India.
6. It has published a total of 354 volumes, including
21 volumes of the Asiatic Researches and Index, 84
volumes of the Journal and Index, 19 volumes of Proceed-
ings, 167 volumes of Oriental works of different kinds,
31 volumes of miscellaneous works relating to India,
14 volumes of catalogues of various kinds, and 18 volumes
of 4 Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts.'
These are deeds which, for extent, variety, iand useful-
ness, may well claim the consideration of the public.
They compare very favorably with the works of other and
older Societies in other parts of the earth. To the student
of science in India they have proved of incalculable service.
And it is in view of these the Society this day celebrates
its Centenary Jubilee.
PART I.] Appendix A. 83
Statement showing the number of Members on the rolls of the Society from
time to time.
At the close of— Members At the close of— Members

1788 aaa 1853 ... 145
1790 a*. ... 101 1854 14.3
1792 • •• ... 110 1855 1()2
1795 ..a ... 123 1856 ... 167
1797 ... ... 151 1857 ... 147
1799 • a. ... 174 1858 13;S
1802 ..a ... 197 1859 180
1805 ... ... m 200 lb60 ... 2 4 2
1807 ... ... * 204 1861 ... 281
1808 a*. ... 215 1862 ... 311
1810 • a* ... 216 1863 355
1815 »tm •.. 263 1864 380
1820 • a. ... 252 1865 37(i
1825 • I* ... 243 1866 387
1828 ... ... 285 1867 41(J
1832 ... ... 267 1868 427
1833 a*. ... 258 1869 ... 442
1834 ... ... 274 1*70 ... 414
1835 • •a ... 306 1871 ... 44(i
1838 • aa ... 126 1872 ... 438
1839 »»• ... 125 1873 ... 358
1643 »»• ... 126 1874 ... 344
1844 *a. ... 125 1875 ... 345
1845 ..• ... 119 1876 ... 347
1846 a.a ... 136 1877 ... 345
1847 a.a .. 219 1878 ... 327
1848 ... ... 218 187a ... 329
1849 ... 207 1880
1850 ... ... . 142 1881 330
1851 ••« 130 1882 ... 337
1652 ... 139 1663
64 Appendix B. [PAET i.
List of Presidents, Vice-Presidents, and Secretaries of the Asiatic Society.
1784-89. 1797.
President— President—
Sir William Jones. As in 1795.
Vice-Presidents—
Secretaries—
John Fleming,
George Hillurow Barlow.
John Herbert Harington.
Secretary—
1790. Codrington Edmund Carrington.
President— Henry Trail, Treasurer.
As in 1789. W. C. Blncquiere (for a few months
in 1798).
Secretary—
1799.
President—
At end of 1792, and In 1793. Sir J. Anstruther, Bart.
President—
Sir William Jones. Vice' Presidents—
John Fleming.
Secretary— J. H. Harington.
Edmund Morris.
Secretary—
W. Hunter.
1794 and 1795.
Henry Trail, Treasurer.
President—
Sir John Shore.
1802.
Secretary—
President—
Edmund Morris.
As in 1799.
1796. Vice-Presidents—
President— As in 1799.
As in 1794. Secretary—
Secretary— R. Home.
Captain Sjmes. H. Trail, Treasurer.
PART I.] Appendix B. 85
1805. 1820.
As in 1799. Marquis of Hastings.
Vice-Presidents— Vic* Presidents—
J. H. Hnrington. Right Rev. T. F. Middieton.
H. T. Colebrooke. Sir E. Hyde East, Kt.
Major-Genl. T. Hardwicke.
Secretary—
W. B. Bayley.
W. Hunter.
B. Trail and Palmer & Co., Treasrs. Secretary—
H. H. Wilson (absent).
1807. Capt. A. Lockett (offg.)
President—
Palmer & Co., Treasurers.
H. T. Colebrooke.
Vice* Presidents—
1822.
J. H. Harington.
President—
Dr. J. Fleming.
As in 1820.
Secretary—
Vice- Presidents—
W. Hunter.
As in 1820.
II. Trail and Palmer & Co., Treasrs.
Secretary—
1810. H. H. Wilson.
President— Palmer & Co., Treasurers.
As in 1807.
Vice-presidents— 1825.
As in 1807. President—
Secretary— Hon. J. H. Harington.
Dr. W. Hunter. Vice-Presidents—
Dr. J. Leyden, Depy. Secy. W. B. Bayley..
Palmer & Co., Treasurers. Rt. Rev. Reginald Heber.
1815. Secretaries—
President— H. H. Wilson.
Earl of Moira. Dr. C. Abel, Pkys. Com. Secy.
Vice-Presidents—
J. H. Harington. 1828.
Sir John Royds. President—
Right Rev. T. F. Middleton. Sir C. E. Grey.
Secretary— Vice- Presidents—
Dr. H. H. Wilson. Hon. \V. B. Bayley.
Mnjor J. Weston. Hon. Sir J. Franks.
W. L. Gibbons, Depy. Secy. Hon. Sir E. Ryan.
Palmer & Co., Treasurers. Hon. Sir C. Metcalfe.
86 Appendix B. [PART I.
Secretaries— 1835.
H. H. Wilson. President—
Palmer & Co., Treasurers. As in 1832.
Ciipt. F. Jenkins, Vice^ Presidents—
I Phy.Com.Secy.
D. Ross, lit. Rev. Lord Bishop*
1832. Rev. Dr. Mill.
President — Sir J. P. Grant.
Hon. Sir E. Ryan. W. II. McNaghten.
Secretaries—
Vice- Presidents—
As in 1834.
Hon. Sir J. Franks.
Hon. Sir C. Metculfe. 1836.
J: Gilder. President —
Secretaries— An in 1832.
H. H. Wilson. Vice - Preside n te—•
J, Prinsep, Phy. Com. Secy. Rev. Dr. Mill.
Mackintoab & Co., Trea&urers. W. II. McNnghten.
Sir J. P. Grsint.
1833. Sir B. Malkin.
President— •Secretaries—
As in 1832. As in 1834.
Vice^ Presidents—
1837.
Hon. Sir J. Franks.
President—
Hon. Sir (J. Metoalfe.
As in 1832.
Rev. W. H. Mill.
Vice - Presidents—
Secretaries— Rev. Dr. Mill.
J. Prinsep. W. H. McNnghten.
Bnbu Riiincomul Sen, Nat. Secy. Sir J. P. Grant.
J. Prinsep, Phy. Com. Secy. Sir 13 Malkin.
Bank of Bengal, Treasurers. II. T. Prinsep.
1834. Secretaries.
As in 1832.
1838.
Vice- Presidents— President—
Hon. Sir J. Franks. As in 1832.
Hon. Sir C. Metcalfe. Vice - Presidents—
Rev. W. H. Mill. Rt. Rev. Lord Bishop.
W. MeNaghten. Sir J. P. Grant.
Secretaries— H. T. Prinsep.
As in 1833 Col. D. MacLeod.
PABT I.] Appendix 87
Secretaries — | Vice-Presidents—
J. Prinsep. Hon. Sir J. P. Grant.
Rev. Mr. Mai an. C From Hon. W. W. Bird.
Dr.W.B.O'Shaughnessy.-j Get. Hon. Sir H. W. Seton.
Babu Ramcomul Sen. v 1838. Rt. Rev: Lord Bishop.
Secretary —
1839. As in 1841.
President—
As in 1832. 1843.
Presidents—
Vice~ Presidents— Hon. H. T. Prinsep.
As in 1838. Rt. Hon. W. W. Bird (from 30th
Secretaries— March).
Dr. W. B. O'Shauglwessy. Vice- Presidents—
J. C. 0. Sutherland. Rt. Rev. Lord Bishop.
Sir J. P. Grant.
1840. Sir H / W . Seton.
President— H. W. Torrens.
As in 1832. Secretaries—
H. W. Torrens.
Vice-Presidents—
H. Piddington, Sub-Secy.
Hon. Sir J. P. Grant.
Col. D. McLeod. 1844.
Hon. H. T. Prinsep. Presidents—
Hon. Sir H. Seton. W. \V. Bird.
Secretary— Hon. Sir Henry Hard in ge (from
H. W. Torrens. October).
Vice-Presidents —
1841. As in 1843.
President— Secretaries—
As in 1832. As in 1843.
Vice- Presidents — 1845.
Hon. Sir J. P. Grant President—
Hon. Sir II. Seton. As at close ori844.
Hon. H. T. Prinsep. Vice'Presidents —
Hon. W. W. Bird, • Rt. Bev. Lord Bishop.
Secretary— Sir J. P. Grant.
II. W. Torrens. Sir II. Seton.
H. W. Torrens.
1842. Lt.-Col. VV. N. Forbes.
President— Secretaries—
Hon. II. T. Prinsep. As in 1844.
Appendix B. [PART I.
1846. 1849.
As in 1844. As in 1848.
Vice- Presidents— Vice-Presidents—
As in 1845. Rt. Rev. Lord Bisliop.
Secretaries— Lt-Col. W.N. Forbes.
H. W. Torrens. J. \V. Laidlay.
Mr. T. resigned, and Dr. W. B. Dr. W. B. O'Shanghnessy.
O'Sliaughnessy appointed in Aug. Secretaries—
Mr. J. W. Laid lay appointed Co- Dr. W. B. O'Slmughnessy, Genl
Secretary in Nov.; Dr. Roer as •Co- J. W. Laidlay, Nat Hist
Secy., Oriental Dept. Dr. E. Roer, Ortl Dept
Dr. Walker and Dr. MeCIelland offi-
1847. ciated for some months ns Secretaries
President— owing to the illness of Dr. O'Shaugh-
As in 1844. nessy and absence of Mr. Laidlay.
Vice-Presidents— 1850.
Rt. Rev. Lord Bishop.
President—
Hon. Sir J. P. Grant.
As in 1848.
Hon. Sir H. Seton.
Lt.-Col. Forbes. Vice-Presidents—
Rt. Rev. Dan. Wilson, Bishop of
Secretaries—
Calcutta.
J. W. Laidlay, Genl, Nat. Hist g*
J. W. Laidlay.
Min.
Dr. W. B. O'Shaughnessy.
Dr. W. B. O'Sliaughnessy, Genl,
Welby Jackson.
Meteor, fr Phys.
Dr. E. Roer, Ortl. Dept. Secretaries—
S. G. T. Heatley, Geoly. fr lud. Dr. W. B. O'Shaughnessy, Genl.
Stat. J. W. Laidlay, Nat Hist
Dr. E. Roer, Ortl. Dept
1848.
President— Capt. Hayeo, elected Secy, in place
Hon. Sir J. W. Colvile, Kt. of Dr. O'Sliaughnessy (retired) in May
1850 (from February).
Vice-Presidents—
Rt. Rev. Lord Bishop. 1851.
Hon. Sir J. P. Graut. President—
H. M. Elliot. As in 1848.
J. W. Laidlay. Vice-Presidents—
Secretaries— Rt. Rev. Lord Bishop.
Dr. W. B. O'Shaughnessy. W. Jackson.
J. W. Laidlay. J. W. Laidlay.
Dr. E. Roer, Orh. Dept. Dr. W. B. O'Sliuughnessy.
Capt. F. C. C. Hayes. President—
Dr. A. Sprenger, elected in place of As in 1848.
Capt. Hayes (retired) in May. Vice-Presidents—
In consequence of changes made in Hon. Col. J. Low.
the organization of the Council, another Sir II. M. Elliot.
election wus held in June with the Ramgopal Ghose.
following results:—
Secretaries—
As in 1848.
Vice- Presidents— 1855.
Sir H. M. Elliot. President—
Dr. W. B. O'Shanglineimy. As in 1848.
Welby Jackson. Vice- Presidents—
Secretary— Mujor-Genl. Hon. J. Low.
Lt.-Col. W. E. Baker.
Dr. A. Sprenger.
Rumgopal Ghose.
President— A. Grote.
As in 1848. H. V. Bayley.
\V. S. Atkinson.
Vice' Presidents—
Mr. Grote resigned in July. H.
Sir H. M. Klliot.
Y. Bayley and others officiated for
Dr. \V. B. O'Shaughnessy.
him, and in December Mr.W. S. Atkin-
Welby Jackson.
son was appointed.
Secretaries—
Dr. A. Sprenger. 1856.
A. Grote, elected Jt. Secy, in President—
April. As in 184S.
H. V. Bayley. Vice-Presidents—
Ramgopal Ghose.
1853. Dr. G. G. SpiUbury.
As in 1848. Secretary—
Vice- Presidents— W.S. Atkinson.
W. B. Jackson.
J. R. Colvin. 1857.
Ramgopul Ghose. President—
Secretaries— As in 1848.
A. Grote, GenL Vice-Presidents—
Dr. A. Sprenger, Phil. Dept. As iu 1856.
W. 8. Atkinson. President—'
R. Mitra. Lt.-Col. H. L. Thuillier.
1858. Do., resigned in April.
President— E. C. Bayley elected President in
As in 1848. September.
Vice'Presidents— Vice- Presidents—
Ramgopal Ghose. A Grote.
A.9 Grote. Lt.-Col. R. Strachey.
Lt.-Col. II. Strachey. Babu Rajendralala Mitra.
Secretaries— E. C. Bayley, in place of Col.
W. S. Atkinson. Strachey in March.
E. B. Cowell.
1859 and 1860. Secretaries—^
President— W. S. Atkinson (resigned in Aug.)
A. Grote. E. B. Cowell (resigned in July.)
Vice - Presidents— H. F. Blanford elected Secy, in
Col. R. Strachey. August.
Dr. T. Thomson.
Babu Ramaprasad Roy. 1864.
Secretaries— President—
As in 1858. E. C. Bayley.
1861. Vice'Presidents—
President— Capt. W. N. Lees.
As in 1859.. Dr. T. Anderson.
Vice - Presidents— Babu Rajendralala Mitra.
Dr. T. Thompson. Secretaries—
Major H. L. Thuillier.
II. F. Blanford.
Babu Rajendralala Mitra.
W. L. Ileeley.
Secretaries—
As in 1858. 1865.
1862. President—
As in 1359.
Vice~ Presidents— Vice- Presidents—
Lt.-Col. H. L. Thuillier. Capt. W. N. Lees.
Babu Rajendralahi Mitra. W. S. Atkinson.
T. Oldham. Babu Rnjendraiala Mitrn.
Secretaries— In July, Babu Jadava Krishna Singh,
As in 1858. in place of 11. Mitra, resigned.
7
Secretaries— ice - Presidents —
H. F. Blanford. Hon. J. B. Phear.
W. L. Heeley. A Grote.
In July, °n resignation of the two Kumar Hiirendra Krishna Bahadur.
Secretaries, R. Mitra and Dr. $. In July, Mr. Grote left for Eng-
Anderson came in. land, and Dr. J. Fayrer was elected
Lt.-Col. J. E. Gastreli, Treasurer. Y. P. in his stead.
Secretaries—
1866.
H. F. Blanford, Gen. Secy.
President—
E. C. Bayley. R. Mitra, Phil. Secy.
Dr. J. A. P. Colles, Nat. His. Secy.
Vice'Presidents — Col. J. E. Gastrell, Treasurer.
Dr. G. B. Partridge. In May, Mr. Blanford resigned, and
Jadav.'i Krishna Singh. W. H. Blochmann wns appointed in
W. L. Ileeley. July. In May, Dr. F. Stoliczka was
elected Nat. Hist. Secy, in place of
Secretaries—
Dr. Colles, resigned.
H. F. Blanford, Genl. Secy.
R. Mitra, Phil Secy. 1869.
Dr. J. Anderson, Nat. Hist. Secy. President—
Lt.-Col. J. E. Gastrell, Treasurer. Dr. T. Oldham..
Vice- Presidents— *
1867.
Dr. J. Fayrer, C.S.I.
President— Hon. J. B. Phear.
Dr. J. Fayrer. Kumar ILiremlra.Krishna Bahadur.
Vice-Presidents— Secretaries—
Dr. S. H. Partridge. H. Blochmann, Phil. Secy.
Hon. G. Campbell. Dr. F. Stoliczka, Nat. His. Secy.
A. Grote. Col. J. E. Gastrell, Treasurer.
In Sept., Col. Hyde was elected
Secretaries—
treasurer in place of Col. Gastrell,
H. F. Blanford, Genl. Secy.
resigned. General duties of Secy,
U- Mitra, Phil. Secy.
carried on by both Nat. His. and Phil.
Dr. J. Anderson, Nat. His. Secy.
Secretaries.
Lt.-Col. J. E. Gastrell, Treasurer.
In December, Dr. Colles was electee? 1870.
President—
Nat. JIis. Secy, in place of Dr.
Hon. J. B. Phear.
Anderson, resigned.
Vice-Presidents—
1868. Dr. T. Oldham.
President— Dr. J. Fayrer.
Dr. T. Oldham. R. Mitra.
H. ttloclimann, Phil. Secy.
President—
Dr. P. Stoliczka, Nat. His. Secy.
Dr. T. Oldham.
Lt.-Col. H. Hyde, Treasurer.
In April, Col. H. Hyde was elected
General duties of Secy, carried on
President in place of Dr. Oldham,
by Phil, and Nat. His. Secretaries.
resigned.
Vice-Presidents—
1871.
As in 1872.
President—
As in 1870. Secretaries—
Capt. J. Waterhouse, Oenl. Secy.
Vice-Presidents—
Dr. F. Stoliczka, Nat. His. Secy.
Dr. T. Oldhflm.
H. Blochmann, Phil. Secy.
K. Mitra.
Col. J. E. Gastrell, Treasurer.
Lord Napier of Magdala. In May, Mr. J. Wood-Mason ap-
Secretaries— pointed Nat. His. Secy, in place of Dr.
H. Blochmann, Phil. Secy. F. Stoliczka.
Dr. F. Stoliczka, Nat. His. Secy.
Lt.-Col. H. Hyde, Treasurer. 1874.
General duties of Secy, carried on
President—
by Phil, and Nat. His. Secretaries.
In Aujr., Col. J. F. Ten nan t suc-
Col. H.Hyde.
ceeded Col. Hyde, resigned. Vice-Presidents—
As in 1872.
President— Capt. J. Waterhouse, Genl. Secy.
Dr. T. Oldham. H. Blochmann, Phil. Secy.
J. Wood-Mason, Nat. His. Secy.
Vice-Presidents-
Col. J. E. Gastrell, Treasurer.
lion. J. B. Pliear.
R. Mitm.
Hon. E. C. Bayley. 1875.
Secretnries— President—
II. Blochmann, Phil. Secy. Hon. E. C. Bayley.
Dr. F. Stoliczka, Nat. His. Secy. In April, Dr. T. Oldham elected
Col. J, F. Tennant, Treasurer. President, Hon. E. C. Bayley re-
Gen. See's duties carried on by Nat. signed.
Hist. & Phil. Secretaries till June, when
Capt. Waterhouse was appointed Gen. Vice-Presidents—
Secretary. 11. Mitra.
Col. Gastrell resumed charge of Col. H. Hyde.
Treasurership in February. Dr. T. Oldham.
PAR TI.] Appendix B. 93
Secretaries— Vice- Presidents—
Capt, J. Waterhouse, Genl Secy. Dr. R. Mitra.
H. Blochinann, Phil. Secy. II. B. Medlicott.
J. Wood-Mason, Nat. His Secy. T. S. Isaac.
Col. J. E. Gaatrell, Treasurer. Secretaries—
Dr. Lewis officiated as Natural His- Capt. Waterhouse, Genl. Secy.
tory Secretary for a short time. H. Blochmanii, Phil. Secy.
1876. R. Lydekher, Nat. His. Secy.
President— E. Gay, Treasurer.
Dr. T. Oldham. In July, Mr. Blochmann died, and
Mr. C. H. TWney officiated. Dr. A. F.
Vice* Presidents— R. Hoernle was appointed in November.
11. Mitra.
In August, Mr. Guy resigned, and Mr.
Hon. E. G. Bayley.
II. Beverley was appointed Treasurer.
Col. H. L. Thuillier. '
Mr. Lydekher resigned in March, and
Secretaries— Capt. Waterhouse and Mr. W. T. Blan-
Capt. J. Waterhouse, Genl. Secy. ford again edited Part II of Journal.
H. Blochmann, Phy. Secy. 1879.
J. Wood-Mason, Nat His. Secy. President—
Col. J. E. Gastrell, Treasurer. W. T. Blanford.
Dr. Lewis officiated for a short time. In Dec, Mr. II. B. Medlicott suc-
On Col. Gastrell's resignation, Mr. H. ceeded Mr. Bl;utford.
13. Medlicott succeeded him in June. Vice- Presidents—
Dr. R. Mitra.
1877. H. B. Medlicott.
President—
Hon. Sir E. C. Bayley. T. S. Isaac.
In Deer., Messrs. C. H. Tawney and
Vice' Presidents— J. Westland succeeded Mr. H. B.
Dr. R. Mitra. Medlicott and Mr. T. S. Isaac.
Col. H. L. Thuillier.
Secretaries—
W. T. filanford.
Capt. J. Waterhouse, Genl. Secy.
Secretaries— Dr. A. F. R. Hoernle, Phil. Secy.
Capt. J. Waterhouse, Genl. Secy. H. Beverley, Treasurer.
H. Blochmann, Phil. Secy. Capt. J. Waterhouse edited Part
J. Wood-Mason, Pby. Secy. II of Journal till October, when Mr.
H. B. Medlicott, Treasurer. J. Wood-Mason was appointed Nat.
Mr. J. Wood-Mason resigned in Hist. Secy.
July, Mr. W. T. Blanford and Capt. In Deer., Capt. Waterhouse resigned,
Waterhouse edited Part II of Journal. and Mr. J. Crawford took his place.
1878. 1880.
W. T. Blanford. H. B. Medlicott.
Vice - Presidents— 1882.

Dr. 11. Mitrn. President—
J. Westland. Hon. Sir A. Eden.
C. H. Tawney. In May, Hon. II. ' J. Reynolds
succeeded Sir A. Eden, resigned.
Secretaries— Vice-presidents—
J. Crawford, Genl. Secy. Dr. R. Mitra.
Dr. A. F. R. Hoernle, Phil. Secy. Hon. J. Gibbs.
J. Wood-Mason, Nat. His. Secy. Hon. H. J. Reynolds.
II. Beverley, Treasurer. In May, Mr. H. F. Blanford succeeded
In April, Mr. A. Pedler succeeded Mr. II. J. Reynolds.
Mr. Crawford, resigned.
Secretaries—
In April, Mr. J. C. Douglas suc-
ceeded Mr. H. Beverley, resigned. Dr. H. W. M'Cann, Genl Secy.
Dr. A. F. R. Hoernle, Phil. Secy.
J. Wood-Mason, Nat. His. Secy.
1881. J. Eliot, Treasurer.
In Sept, Mr. Wood-Mason resigned,
President—
and Dr. J. Scully appointed in his place.
Hon. Sir Ashley Eden.
1883.
Vice- Presidents— President—
Dr. R. Mitra. Hon. H. J. Reynolds.
C. H. Tawney.
Hon. II. J. Reynolds. Vice- Presidents—
Dr. R. Mitra.
Secretaries— Hon. J. Gibbs.
A. Pedler, Genl. Secy. II. F. Blanford.
Dr. A. F. R. Hoernle, Phil. Secy. Secretaries—
J. Wood-Mason, Nat. His. Secy. Dr. II. W. M'Cann, Genl. Secy.
V. Ball, Treasurer. Dr. A. F. R. Iloenile, Phil. Secy.
In March, Mr. V. Ball succeeded Dr. J. Scully, Nat. His. Secy.
Mr. J. C. Douglas, resigned. J. Eliot, Treasurer.
In Sept., Mr. J. Eliot was' appoint- Dr. J. Scully resigned in March, and
ed Treasurer in place of Mr. Ball, Babu P. N. Bose was appointed in
resigned. June.
In April, Mr. Pedler resigned, and Mr. J. Eliot resigned, and Mr. F.
Dr. II. W. M'Uanu succeeded him. W. Peterson succeeded him iu August.
PART i.] Appendix. C. 95
List of Books published, directly or indirectly, by the Asiatic Society

of Bengal.
No. of VOIH,
TRANSACTIONS.
Asiatic Researches, Vols. I—XX, 1788—1839 (Vols. X V I I — X X being
in two parts). 4to. ... ... ... ... ... 20
Index to Vols. I—XVIII of the Asiatic Researches. 4to. ... ... 1
Journal, Vols. I—LIE, 1832-83 (31 volumes being in two parts). 8ro. .. 83
Index to Vols. X I X — X X of the Asiatic Researches and Vols. I - X X I I I of
the Journal. 8vo. ... ... ... ... ... 1
Proceedings, published separately from the year 1865 to 1883. 8vo. •«• 19
CATALOGUES,
Catalogue of the Books and Maps in the Library. Edition of 1833.
Edited by Dr. Burlini. 8*>. ... ... ... ... 1
Ditto ditto. Edited by Dr. Roer. 1843. 8vo. ... .., 1
Ditto ditto. Edited by Dr. R. Mitrn. 1856. 8vo. ... ., 1
Catalogue of the Sanskrit Books and Manuscripts of the Asiatic Society.
8VO. louo tf« ••• ••• ••• ••• 1
A Descriptive Catalogue of Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Library of the
Asiatic Society of Bengal. Fart I. Grammar. Edited by Dr. R. *
Mitra. Rl. 8vo. . ... ... ... ... 1
Catalogue of Persian, Arabic, and Urdu Manuscripts and Books. 8vo. ... I
Ditto of Nepalese Sanskrit Manuscripts, or the Buddhidt Sanskrit Litera-
ture of Nepal. By Dr. R. Mitra. Rl. 8vo. 1882 ... ... 1
Ditto of the Fossil Remains of Vertebrata from the Sewalik Hills,
the Nerbuddii, Perim Island, &c, in the Museum of the Asiatic Society
of Bengal. By H. Falconer. 8vo. 1859 ... ... ... 1
Ditto of the Recent Shells in the Museum of the Asiatic Society. By
W.Theobald. 8vo. 1860 ... .. ... ... 1
Ditto of the Reptiles in the Asiatic Society's Museum. By W. Theobald.
(Extra No., J. A. S. B., 1875; ... ».. ... ... 1
Ditto of Curiosities in the Museum of the Asiatic Society. By Dr.
R. Mitra. 8vo. 1849 ... ... — ••• 1
Ditto of the Birds in the Museum of the Asiatic Society. By Ed. Blyth.
8vo. 1849 ... ,. ... ... ... 1
Ditto of the Mammalia in the Museum of the Asiatic Society. By Ed.
BIyth. 8vo. 1863 ... ... ... ... ... 1
Ditto of Mammals and Birds of Burmah. By Ed. Blytb. (Extra No.,
J. A. & B., 1875) ... ... ... ... ... l
96 Appendix C. [PART I.
MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS.
No. of vola.
General Cunningham's Archaeological Survey Report for 1863-64. (Extra
No.,J. A.S. B., 1864) ... ... ... ... i
Sketch of the Turki Language as spoken in Eastern Turkestan. Part II—
Vocabulary. By R. B. Shaw. (Extra No., J. A. S. B., 1878) ... 1
A Grammar and Vocabulary of the Northern Balochi Language. By M. L.
Dames. (Extra No., J. A. S. B., 1880) ... ... ... 1
Introduction to the Maithili Language of North Bihar. By G. A. Grierson.
Part—I Grammar. (Extra No., J. A. S. B., 1880.) Part II—Chries-
toinathy and Vocabulary. (Extra No., J. A. S. B., 1882) ... 2
Ved&ntasara. Translated by Dr. E. Roer. 8vo. ... ... 1
Moore and Hewetsou's Descriptions of New Indian Lepidoptera. Parts 1
ami II. 4to. ... ... ... ... ... 2
Lassen's Bactrian Coins. Translated by Dr. E. Roer. 8vo. ... 1
On the Aborigines of India. Essay First, on the Coch, Bodo and Dhimal
Tribes. By B. H. Hodgson. 8vo. ... ... ... 1
ORIENTAL PUBLICATIONS.
SANSKRIT.
Sausruta, a System of Medicine taught by Dhanvantari, and compiled

by his pupil, Susruta. 8vo. ... .. ... .„ 2
Naishadha Charita, an Epic Poem by Sri Harsha. Part I. Edited by
Premachand Tarkavagisa. 8vo. 1835 ... ... aas ]
Harivansa, or the History of the Yadava Race. A Poem. 4to. ... 1
Rajatarangini, or History of Kashmir. 4to. ... ... ... 1
Mahabharata, or a History of the Eurus and the Pandus. By Vyasa.
Vols. I—IV. 4to. ... ... ... ... ##- 4
Ditto Index. 4to. ... ... ... M. ... 1
ARABIC.
Fatawe ' Alamgiri, on Muhammad an Law. 4to. „. vM g
Istilahat-i-Siifiya, OP Technical Terms of the Sufis. Edited by Dr. A.
Sprenger. 8vo. ... ... ... ... # # j
Jawami'ul'ilm ir Riazi, on Surveying. 4to. ... ... mmm \
Khazanat ul'ilm. 4to. ... ... .«. ... #> \
Sharayat-ul Islam, Canonical Law of the Muhammadans. 4to. ... 1
Auis-ul Musharrahfu, on Anatomy. Translation of Hooper's Vade mecum.
4tO. ... ••• ... ... ta . ... \
Inayab, a Commentary on the Hid ay a, a work on Muhammad an Law. 4to. 4
PEBSIAN.
Tarikh i Nadiri ... ... ... ... ... l
PART i.] Appendix C. 97
ORIENTAL PUBLICATlONS.-(Contoitted.)
No. of VOIB.
JBlBLIOTHKCA I N P I C A SERIES.*
Sanskrit Works, complete.

The first two Lectures of the Sanhita of the Rig Veda. Fasc. I—IV.
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Index of Names of Persons and Geographical Names occurring in the
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The Ain-i-Akbari. By Abul Fazl-i-'Allami. Edited by Prof. H. Bloch-
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of Tattah. Edited by Maulavi Zulfagar Ali. F«sc. I—XIV.' NOB.
(N.S.) 200, 222, 231, 239, 243, 250, 255, 266, 271, 279, 302, 303,
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Translations into English, complete.
The Taittariya, Aitarcya, Svetasvatara, Kena, Isa, Katha, Prnsna, Mun-

daka and Mandukya Upanishads. Translated by Dr. E. Roer. Fuse.
I—-II. Nos. (O.S.) 41 50 ... ... — — 1
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Acharya on its first chapter. Translated by Dr. E. Roer. Fasc. I—
IIL NOB. (O.S.)27,38,135 ... ... , ... ... 1
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Commentary of Sankara Acbarya. Translated by Dr. R. Mitra.
Fasc. I—IL Nos. (O.S.) 78, 181 ... ... ... ... 1
The Sahitya-Darpann, or Mirror of Composition : a Treatise on Literary
.Criticism by Viswanatha Kaviraja. Translated by Pramadadasa Mitra.
Fasc. I—IV. Nos. (O.S.) 212, 213, 217 ; (N.S.) 330 ... ... 1
Siirya Siddhanta. Translated by Pandit Bapii Deva Sastri. Fasc. I.
No. (N.S.) 1 - — — •• ... 1
Sidd hints, Siromnni. Translated by the late Lancelot Wilkinson. Revised
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The Sankhya Aphorisms of Kiipila, with Extracts from Vijnana Bhiksu's
Commentary. Translated by Dr. J. R. Ballantyne. Fasc. 1—II.
Nos. (N.S.) 32,81 ... ... .. ... .. I
Kachchayano's Pali Grammar. Translated and arranged on European
models; with Chrestomathy and Vocabulary. By Dr. Francis Mason.
Fasc. I—II. Nos. (N.S.) 123, 124 ... ... ... 1
The Ain-i-Akbari. By Abul Fazl 'Allami. Translated by Prof. H. Bloch-
mann. Fasc. I—VII. Nos. (N.S.) 149, 158, 163, 194, 227, 247, 287. 1
The Brahma Sutras, with the Commentary of Sankaracharya. Trans-
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cation discontinued) ... ... ••• ... ... 1
The Aphorisms of Sandilya, with the Commentary of Svapnesvara, or
the Hindu Doctrine of Faith. Translated by Prof. E. B. Co well.
Fasc. I. No. (N.S.) 409 ... ... ... ..- 1
History of the Caliphs. By Jalalu'ddin A's Suyuti. Translated by Major
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Translations of the following works have also been made, and have been
published with the texts. They will be found entered iu the Lists
of Sanskrit and Arabic works, completed:
Division of the Categories of the Nyaya Philosophy.
The Maitri or Maitrayaniya Upanishad.
The Kausbitaki-Brahmana-Upanishad.
The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali.
First Appendix to the Dictionary of the technical terms used in
the Sciences of the Mussalmans.
Translations into English, in progress.
Tabkat-i-Nasiri: A General History of the Muhammadan Dynasties of
Asia, including Hindustan, from A. H. 194 (810 A.D.) to A. II. 65»
(1260 A.D.), Vol. I and the Irruption of the Infidel Mughal into Islam.
By the Maulana, Minkfij-ud-din, Abu-'Umar-i-'Usman. Translated
by Major H. G. llaverty. Fasc. I—XIV. Nos. (N.S.) 272, 273, 295,
296, 310, 311, 332, 333, 358, 359, 392-395 .„ ... ... 2
Katha Sarit Sagara, or Ocean of the Streams of Story. Translated
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106 Appendix D. [PART I.
Index to the Papers and Contributions to the Asiatich Researches

and the Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of
Bengal.
N.B.—The Papers are indexed under the Authors' Names. Anonymous

Contributions are indexed under the Leading Word in the Title.
Abbey, W.—On Ethnology of Mergui. Abbott, Colonel J a m e s (contd.)—

[Proc. 1866, 243. Extracts from a letter, descriptive of
Geological and Mineralogical Ob-
Abbott, Colonel J a m e s . — Public servations in the Huzaree district,
Papers relating to the Nurma or dated Camp Puhli, in Huzaree, 19th
Chanderi Cotton, in reference to June, 1847. [JL xvi, *1135.
queries by Mr. Piddington, Journal Inundation of the Indus, taken from
Asiatic Society, Vol. X, p. 716. the lips of an eye-witness (Ushruff
[JL xi, 1188. Ehan), A. D. 1842.
An Account of a Remarkable Aero- [JL xvii. pt. i, 230.
lite, which fell at the village of On the Manufacture of the Match-
Manicgaon, near Eidulabad, in lock of Koteli [JL xvii, pt. i, 277.
Khandeesh. [JL xiii, 880. Some Account of the Battlefield of
On Kunker Formations, with speci- Alexander and Porus.
mens. \_Jl> xiv, 442. [JL xvii, pt. ii. 619.
Account of certain Agate Splinters Remains of Greek Sculpture in Poto-
found in the clay stratum bordering war. [JL xviii, 131.
the River Narbudda. [JL xiv, 756. Addendum on the Battlefield of
Alexander and Porus [JL xviii, 176.
Remarks upon the Occurrence of List of the Rajahs of Sialkote.
Granite in the bed of the Nar- [Jl. xviii, 177.
budda. [Jl- xiv, 821. On the Sites of Nikaia and Bouke-
Account of the Process employed for phalon. [JL xxi, 214.
obtaining Gold from the Sand of Note on the Ruins at Maunkyala.
the River Beyass; with a short [JL xxii, 670.
Account of the Gold Mines of Si- On the Ballads and Legends of the
beria. [Jl- *vi, 266. Punjab. [JL xxiii, 50.
Process of Working the Damascus On the Ballads and Legends of the
Blade of Goojrat. [JL xvi, 417. Punjab. Rifacimento of the Le-
On a Sculpture from the Site of the gendof Russaloo. [JL xxiii, 123.
Indo-Greek City of Bucephalia. On the Mirage of India \_JL xxiii, 163.
Gradus ad Aornoa. [JL xxiii, 309.
[JL xvi, 664. Aornos. [JL xxxii, 409.
Additional Observations on the Da- Memorandum on the Elephant Sta-
mask Blade of Goojrat. tues in the Delhi Palace.
[Jl. xvi, 666. [JL xxxiii, 375.
PART I.] Appendix D. 107
Abdullatif, Maulvi. — On the Pan- Allahabad, Population of the City and
thays. [Proc. 1868, 142. District of. [Jl. "i, 244.
Abdun Nubee, Hajee.—Notes taken Allan, Lieut.-Col. A. S.—Notes on
on a Tour through parts of Father Tieffentaller. [Proc. 1872,59.
Baloochisthan, in 1838 and 1839. Amery.—On Origin of Races.
Arranged and translated by Major [Proc. 1867,111.
Robert Leech \_Jl. xiii, 667,786. Anderson, Andrew.—On a new spe-
cies of Kite, and Notes on the genus
Abel, Dr. Clarke.—Some Account of Milvns generally. With a Note by
an Orang Outang of remarkable W. E. Brooks. [Proc. 1873, 242.
height found on the Island of Su- Anderson, Gapt.—On Andamanese.
matra, together with a description [Proc. 1867.157.
of certain remains of this Animal Anderson, Dr. J.—On Ethnological
presented to the Asiatic Society by Exhibition. [Proc. 1866, 83.
Capt. Oornfoot, and at present con- On a new species of Pycnonotnss.
tained in its Museum.
[4*. Ret. xv, 489. [Proc. 1869, 265.
On a new species of Scincus.
Aborigines of the Eastern Ghats. [Proc. 1871,115.
[Jl. xxv, 39. On two Saurian genera Eurylepis and
Adam, Dr. J.—Account of Barren Plocederma. [Proc. 1871,180.
Island in the%ay of Bengal. A List of the Reptilian Accessions to
[Jl. i, 128. the Indian Museum, Calcutta, from
Memoranda on the Geology of Bun-, 1865 to 1870, with a description of
delcund and Jubbulpore. some new species. [Jl. xl, pt. ii, 12.
[JL xi, 392. Remarks on Rude Stone Monuments
Aerolite, on an, presented to the in Chutia Ndgpiir. [Proc. 1873,132.
Society. [Jl viii, 822. Exhibition of a living Bamboo Rat,
Agha Abbas.—Journal of a Tour with remarks and description.
through parts of the Punjab and [Proc. 1877,148.
Afghanistan, in the year 1887. On the Floral Simulation of Gongy-
Arranged and translated by Major lus gongylodes, Linn.
B. Leech, by whom the tour was [Proc. 1877,193.
planned and instructions furnished. Description of some new and little
[Jl. xii, 664. known Asiatic Shrews in the In-
Aitchison, Dr. J. E. Tierney.-On dian Museum, Calcutta.
the Vegetation of the Jhelum Dis- [Jl. xlvi, pt. ii, 261.
trict of the Punjab. On the Indian Species of the genus
\_Jl. xxxiii, 290. Erinaceus. [Jl. xlvii, pt. ii, 195.
Lagomys rvfcscens, sent by. On Arvicola indica, Gray, and its re-
[Proc. 1880,173. lations to the sub-genus NesoUia,,
Alabaster, C.—Memorandum on Edu- with a description of the species of
. cation in China drawn up from Nesokia. [Jl. xlvii, pt. ii, 214.
information afforded by the ex- See B l y t h , E.
Imperial Commissioner Yeh. Anderson, Dr. Thomas.—Notes on /
[Jl. xxviii, 48. the Indian Species of Lycium.
Aleem-ulla,Mnlla.—Account(Partll) [Jl. xxvi, 52.
of parts of the Cabul and Peshawar Notes on the Flora of Lucknow with
Territories, and of Samah, Sudoom, Catalogues of the cultivated and v
Bunher, Swah, Deer and Bajour, indigenous Plants. [Jl. xxviii, 89.
visited by Mulla Aleem-ulla of On the Flora of Behar and the moun-
Peshawar, in the latter part of tain Parasnath. with a list of the »
the year 1837. Arranged and trans- species collected by Messrs. Hooker, *
lated by Major R. Leech, C.B., late Edge worth, Thomson and Anderson.
Political Agent, Candahar, under [Jl. xxxii, 189.
whose instructions the tour was Anderson, Major William. — An
made. [Jl. x i v , 660. attempt to identify some of the
Alexander, James.—On the Tenures places mentioned in the Itinerary
and Fiscal Relations of the Owners of HiuanThRang. [Jl. xvi, 1183.
and Occupants of the soil in Ben- Notes on the Geography of Western
gal, Behar, and Orissa. [Jl. xiv, 527. Afghanistan. [Jl. xviii, 553.
Ali Ibrahim Khan.—On the Trial by Sketch of the Recorded Revenues of
Ordeal among the Hindus. the states beyond the Sutiuj about
[>1*. Ret. i, 389. 1750 to 1800. ' [Jl. xviii, 822.
Anderson, Major William (contd.) Avdall, Johannes {contd.) —Au-

—Translation of Ibn Huokul's thors of Armenian Grammars,
Account of Scinde. [Jl. xxi, 49. from the earliest stages of Armenian
Ibn Huokul's Account of Seestan, literature up to the present day.
translated. [Jl. xxi, 365. [Jl. xxxvii, pt. i, 134.
Ibn Huokul's Account of Khorasan. A Covenant of 'All, granting certain
[JL xxii, 162. privileges to the Armenians.
Arabic into Persian, on the Introduc- [Proc. 1869, 249.
tion of. [As. lies, ii, 205. A Covenant of 'Ali, fourth Caliph of
Baghdad. [Jl. xxxix, pt. i, 60.
Armstrong, Dr. J.—A Description of Ayrton, W. E. — Observations on
some new species of Hydroid
Zoophytes from the Indian Coasts method of detecting bad insulators.
and Seas. [Jl xlviii, pt. ii, 9b. [Proc. 1871.76.
Some Remarks on the connection be-
Arracan Bell, Restoration and Transla- tween Inertia and Time.
• tion of the Inscription on the large, [Proc. 1871,160.
now at Nadrohighat, Zillah Alii- On a Galvanometer suitable for the
garh. [JL vii, 287. Quantitative Measurement of Elec-
Asiatic Languages, comparison of # tromotive Force, f Proc. 1871. 217.
[Jl. vii, 707. On a Quantitative ©Method of testing
Assam, Earthquakes in : See Earth- a '• Telegraph Earth." .
quakes. [Jl. xl, pt. ii, 177.
Assam, Report of the Society of On the Uyphon Recorder.
Arts on Specimens of Rice, Wool, [Proc. 1872, 61.
&c, from Nepal and. [Jl. v, 365.
At'har Ali Khan.—On the Baya. or Baddeley, Dr. P. F. H.-On the
Indian Gross-Beak. [As. Res.ii, 109. Dust-storms of India. [Jl. xix. 390.
On the Cure of the Elephantiasis. On Dust Whirlwinds and Cyclones.
{_ As. Res. ii, 149. [JL xxi, 140, 264,333.
Atkinson, E. T. — Memorandum, Baigas of Balaghat, Notes on the.
accompanying a set of Photographs
of the Ruins of Garhwa. near Sheo- [Proc. 1872. 172.
rajpiir, in the Allahabad District. Baker, Capt. H. 0.—Experiments on
[Proc. 1874, 123. / the Strength and Elasticity of In-
Attar Singh.—History of the Village dian Woods.
[As. Res. xviii, pt. ii, 215.
of Arura, Ludhiana Baker, Major W. E.—Description of
IProc. 1871,247. the Fossil Elephant's Tooth from
Avdall, Johannes.—Memoir of the Somrotee, near Nahun. [Jl. iii, 038.
Life and Writings of St. Nierses On the Fossil Elk of the Himalaya.
Clajensis. surnamed the Graceful, [Jl. iv. 506.
Pontiff of Armenia. [JL v, 129. Selected Specimens of the Sub-Hima-
Note on some of the Indo-Scythic layan Fossils in the Dadiipur Col-
Coins found by Mr. C. Masson at lection. [JL iv, 565.
Beghram, in the Kohistan of Note on the Fossil Camel of the Sub-
Kabul. [Jl. v, 266. Himalayas. [JL iv, 694.
Memoir of a Hindu Colony in Ancient
Armenia. [Jl. v, 331. Report on a line of Levels taken by
Note on the Origin of the Armenian order of the Right Honorable the
Era. and the Reformation of the Governor General, between the
Haican Kalendar. [Jl. v, 384. Jumna and Sutlej Rivers. [JL ix, 688.
Singular Narrative of the Armenian Note on a Fossil Antelope, from the
Kiug Arsaces and his contemporary Dadoopoor Museum [Jl. xii, 769.
Sapor, King of Persia ; extracted Memorandum on the prospect of re-
from the Armenian Chronicles. muneration in working the Iron
[Jl. vi, 81. Mines of the Kaneegunge district
A short Memoir of Mechithar Ghosh, With a Report by Professor Oldham.
the Armenian Legislator. [Jl. ix, 967. [JL xxii, 484.
On the Laws and Law-books of the Baker, Major W. E . ; and Durand,
Armenians. [Jl. x. 235. H. M.—Table of Sub-Himalayan
On the Invention of the Armenian Fossil Genera in the Dadiipur Col-
Alphabet. [Jl. xiv, 622. lection. [«/£. V, 291.
PART I.] Appendix D, 109
Baker, Major W. E.; and Durand, Ball, Valentine, (contd.)—Remarks
H. M. (co?itd.) — Sub - Himalayan on Birds captured in the Red and
Fossil Remains of the Dadupur Col- Arabian Seas. [Proc. 1871, 249.
lection. [Jl. v. 486, 661, 739. Names of Birds, &c, in four of the
Fossil Remains of the smaller Carni- aboriginal languages of Western
vora from the Sub-Himalayas. Bengal. [Jl. xl, pt. i, 103.
[Jl. v, 576. Notes on a Collection of Birds made
Baker, Rev.—On the Poetry of Mada- in the Andaman Islands by Assist-
gascar. [Jl. i, 86. ant Surgeon G. E. Dobson. M.B.,
Balfour, Edward.—On the Migratory during the months of April and
Tribes of Natives in Central iDdia. May. [Jl. xli, pt. ii, 273.
[Jl. xiii, 1. On the occurrence of Tupai Mlioti,
Balfour, Dr. Francis.—A Treatise on Waterhouse. in the Satpiira Hills,
the Barometer. [As. Bes. iv, 195. Central Provinces. [Proc. 1874, 95.
Observations respecting the remark- On an Ancient Perforated Stone found
able Effects of Sol-Lunar Influence in the Satpiira Hills.
in the Fevers of India ; with the [Proc. 1874, 96.
Scheme of an Astronomical Ephe- > On some Stone Implements of the
meris for the purposes of Medicine Barmese type, found in Pargana
and Meteorology. [-4*. He*, viii, 1. Dalbhum, District of Singhbhum.
Extracts from the Tehzeebul Mantik, [Proc. 1875. 118.
or " Essence of Logic," proposed as Remarks on two Specimens of Indian
a small supplement to Arabic and Boomerangs. [Proc. 1875, 136.
Persian Grammar; and with a Exhibition of a Series, of Khond
view to elucidate certain points Weapons. &c. from the Tributary
connected with Oriental Litera- States of Orissa. [Proc. 1876, 114.
ture. [ As. lies, viii, 89. On an Ancient Kitchen-Midden at
Ball, Valentine.—On Stone Imple- Chaudwar, near Cuttack.
ments. • [Proc. 1865, 127. [Proc. J876, 120.
On Chipped Implements of Bengal. On Stone Implements found in the
[Proc. 1867. 143. Tributary States of Orispa.
On Synostosis of human skull. [Proc. 187&, 122.
[Prcc. 1867, 147.
List of Localities in India where an- Remarks on the Abstract and Discus-
cient Stone Implements have been sion of Dr. O. Feistmantel's Paper,
discovered. [Proa. 1867, 147. entitled <a Giant-Kettles (pot-holes)
caused by water-action in Streams
On the Jungle Protects used as articles in the Rajmahal hills and the
of food by the Inhabitants of the Barakur district." [Proc. 1877. 140.
districts of Manbhoom and Hazari- Notes on certain Mammals occurring
bagh. [Jl. xxxvi, pt. ii, 73. in the basin of Mahanadi.
Remarks on Elephants. [Proc. 1877, 168.
[Proc. 1868, 129. Exhibition of two Stone Implements
On Stone Implements. from Parisnath Hill.
[Proc. 1868,177. [Proc. 1878. 125.
On the ancient Copper Miners of On a forgotten Record of the occur-
Singhbhum. [Proc. 1869. 170. rence of the Lion in the district of
Notes on the Flora of Manbhum. Palamow and its connection with
[Jl. xxxviii. pt. ii. 112. some other facts regarding the Geo-
Remarks on Celts found in Singh- graphical Distribution of Animals
bhum. [Proc. 1870, 268. in India. [Proc. 1881, 3.
Brief Notes on the Geology and on On Nature and Use of Fire Sticks.
the Fauna in the neighbourhood [Proc. 1881,72.
of Nancowry Harbour, Nicobar Remarks on Relics from Buddha Gaya.
Islands. [Jl. xxxix. pt. ii. 25. [Proc. 1881,89.
Notes on the Geology of the vicinity Remarks on Paper on Inhabitants of
of Port Blair, Andaman Islands. the Nicobars. [ / W . 1881, 110.
[JL xxxix, pt. ii, 231. Exhibition of an ancient Stone Imple-
Notes on Birds observed in the neigh- ment made of magnetic iron ore.
bourhood of Port Blair, Andaman [Proc. 1881.120.
Islands, during the month of On the Origin of the so-called Khar-
August, 1869. [Jl. xxxix, pt. ii, 239.
akpur Meteorite. [Proc. 1881,140.
Ball, Valentine (contd.) — On the Barrow, H. (eontd.)—Horary Observa-

Identification of certain Diamond tions of the Barometer .Thermometer
Mines in India, which were known and Wet-bulb Thermometer, made at
to and worked by the Ancients, espe- Calcutta on the 21st and 22nd of
cially those which were visited by March, 1836. [Jl. v, 243.
Tavernier. With a Note on the B a s e v i , Capt. J. P.—On the Pendu-
history of the Koh-i-nur. lum operations about to be under-
[Jl. 1, pt. ii, 31. taken by the Great Trigonometrical
Additional Note on the Identification Survey of India ; with a sketch of
of the ancient Diamond Mines visited the theory of their application to
by Tavernier. [Jl. 1, pt. ii, 219. the determination of the earth's
B a l l a n t y n e . Dr. J. R.—Sanskrit In- figure, and an account of some of
scription from Behar.with a Transla- principal observations hitherto
tion by Dr. Ballantyne and Remarks made. [Jl. xxxiv, pt. ii, 251.
byCapt. M. Kittoe. B a s t i a n , Dr. A.—On some Siamese
[Jl. xvii, pt. i, 492. Inscriptions. [Jl. xxxiv, pt. i, 27.
Sanskrit Inscription from Behar. Translation of an Inscription copied
Translated, with Remarks, by Capt. in the temple of Nakhon Vat, or the
M. Kittoe. [Jl. xviii, 492/ City of Monasteries, near the capital
See Kittoe, Capt. M.; and Roer, of ancient Kambodia.
Dr. E. [Jl. xxxvi, pt. i, 76.
Bandyopadhyaya, Braj anatha. — B a s u , Dnrgarama.—Transcript and
Hamir Rasa, or a History of Hamir, translation of a copper-plate grant
Prince of Ranthambor. Translated of Govinda Chandra of Kanauj
from th9 Hindi. [Jl. xlviii, pt. i, 186. [Proc. 1876, 130.
B a t s c h , Revd. P.—Language of Dra-
Banerji, Revd. Krishna Mohana.— vidian Aborigines. Notes on the
The " Mahimnastava," or a Hymn Oraon Language.
to Shiva; with an English trans- [Jl. xxxv, pt. ii, Extra No., 251.
lation. [Jl. viii, 355. B a t t e n , J. H.—Note oh a Visit to the
On Translation of Technical Terms. Niti Pass of the grand Himalayan
[Proc. 18«6. 155, 173. Chain. [Jl. vii. 310.
On Paper on Human Sacrifices in an- A few Notes on the subject of the
cient India. [Proa. 1876, 53. Kumaon and Rohilcund Turaee.
Banerji, Rangalal.—Identification of [Jl. xiii, 887.
certain Tribes mentioned in the See Herbert, Gapt.; and Manson,
Puranas with those noticed in Col. Gapt.
Dalton's Ethnology of Bengal. Bayley, Hon. E. O.—Note on some
[Proc. 1874, 7. Sculptures found in Peshawar.
Note on a Copper-plate Grant found in [Jl. xxi, 606.
the Record Office of the Cuttack Note on two Inscriptions at Khun-
Collectorate [Jl. xlvi. pt. i, 149. niara, in the Kangra district.
Banurji, Chandrasekhara. — Notes [Jl. xxiii. 57,
on the Antiquities of the Nalti, the Note on the Translation of a Bactrian
Assia, and the Mahabinayaka Hills Inscription from Wardak.
of Cuttack. [Jl. xxxix, pt. if 158. [Jl. xxx, 347.
An Account of the Antiquities of Remarks on Bactro-Buddhist Relics
' Jajpiir in Orisa. [Jt. xl, pt. i, 151. from Rawal Pindi. [Jl. xxxi, 184.
The Kaimur Range. On Arian Alphabets. [Proc. 1867, 43.
[Jl. xlvi, pt. i. 16. Note on a Coin from Major Strutt.
Barbe, Revd. M.—Some Account of [Proo. 1869, 201.
the Hill Tribes in the interior of Memorandum on, and tentative read-
the district of Chittagong, in a ing of, the Siie Vihar Inscription
letter to the Secretary of the Asiatic from near Bhawalpur.
Society. [Jl> xiv, 380. [Jl. xxxix, pt. i, 65,
Barbe, Revd. P.—Notice of the Ni- Letter regarding a new Gold Mohur.
cobar Islands. [•/*• *•> 344. [Proc. 1871, 83.
Letter on an Irish Celt.
Barrow, H.—Horary Observations of [Proc. 1872, 35.
the Barometer, Thermometer, and Note on two Coins from Kausambhi.
Wet-bulb Thermometer, made at [Jl. xlii, pt. i, 109.
Calcutta on the 21st and 22nd of Further Note on Coins from Kausam-
December, 1858. [Jl. v, 51. bhi. [JL xlii, pt. i, 191.
PART I.] Appendix D. Ill
Bayley, Hon. E. O. (contd.)~Kote on B e a m e s , J. (contd.) — The Ruins at Ko-
two Muhammadan Coins. pari, Balasore district. [Jl. xl, pt. i, 247.
[JL xlii, pt. i, 311. The Rhapsodies of Gambhir Rai, the
Remarks on a Coin of Ghiyas-ud-df n bard of Niirpiir (A. D. 1650).
A'zam Shah. [Proc. 1874, 167. [Proc. 1872,156.
Note on a Hoard of 543 Sassanian More Buddhist Remains in Orissa.
Coins in the possession of Col. H. [Jl. xli, pt. i, 7.
Hyde, R. E. [Jl. xliii, pt. i. 99. Translations of selected portions of
Remarks on Inscription of the time Book I of Chand Bardai's Epic.
of Skanda Gupta. [Proc. 1875, 45. [//. xli, pt. i, 42.
Remarks on Human Sacrifices in List of the Books contained in
ancient India. [Proc. 1876, 65. Chand's poem, the Prithiraj a Raso.
Exhibition of Silver Cilician, Sassa- [JL xli, pt. i, 204.
nian, and Parthian Coins, and of Letter on his edition of Chand.
four Gold Coins belonging to Mr. [Proc. 1873,122.
J. R. Reid. [Proc. 1876, 219. Studies in the Grammar of Chand
Exhibition of Partho-Persian Coins. Bardai. [JL xlii, pt. i, 165.
[Proc. 1877, 2. The Alti Hills in Cuttack.
On a forged Pali Inscription. [JL xliv, pt. i, 19.
[Proc. 1877, 267. The Rhapsodies of Gambhir Rai, the
B a y l e y , W. B.—Statistical View of bard of Niirpur, A. D. 1650.
the Population of Burdwan, &c. [JL xliv, pt. i, 192.
[As. lies, xii, 547. Reply to Dr. Mitra's remarks on
paper on history of Orissa.
B a y no, R. R.—Notes on the Remains %[Proc. 1883, 42.
of portions of Old Fort William Old Dutch Hatchments in Chinsurah
discovered during the erection of Church. [Proc. 1883, 145.
the East Indian Railway Company's Notes on the History of Orissa under
Offices. [JL Hi, pt. i, 105. the Mahomedan, Maratha, and
Note on Further Discoveries made English rule. [JL lii, pt, i, 231.
on the site of Old Fort William. B e a v a n , Gapt. R. C—On Antiquities
[Proc. 1883, 42. of Manbhoom. [Proc. 1865, 66.
Beale, J. W.—Influence of the Moon Contributions towards a history of
on the Weather. [JL xxi, 501. Panolia Eldi: McLefland.
B e a l e , T. W.—Letter on a Persian MS., [JL xxxvi, pt. ii, 175.
entitled 'Imarat- nl- A kbar. Becker, Major J. R.—Letter contain-
[Proc. 1875,117. ing inquiries into a rumour respect-
B e a m e s , J.—On " Om" and «• Amen." ing the stoppage of the River Indus
[Proc. 1866, 192. in the year 1858. [JL xxviii, 219.
Outlines of a Plea for the Arabic Bedford, J. R.—On the Meteorology
Element in Official Hindustani. of Rampore Bauleah. [JL xxi, 59o.
[Jl. xxxv, pt. i. 1. Contributions to the Statistics of
On the Arabic Element in Official Bengal,—Income, Expenditure and
Hindustani, No. 2*. Food. [Jl. xxii, 387,
[Jl. xxxvi, pt. i, 145. B e n s o n , W. H.—Account of a new
On Chand's Poems. [Proc. 1868, 242. g^nus of Land Snails, allied to the
The Nineteenth Book of the Gestes of genus Cyclostoma of Lamarck;
Prithiraj by Chand Bardai, trans- with a description of a species
lated into English. found on the outlying rocks of the
[Proc. 1869, 235. Rajmahal range of hills. [JL i, 11.
The Nineteenth Book of the Gestes Account of Oxygyrus: a new genus
of Prithiraj by Chand Bardai, of Pelagian Shells allied to the
entitled "The Marriage with genus Atlanta of Lesueur, with a
Padmavati," literally translated Note on some other Pelagian Shells
from the old Hindi. lately taken on board the ship
,* ~ Wlm x x *viii, pt. i, 145. Malcolm. . jV*. iv, 173.
Reply to Mr. Growse. Description of two Species of Cari-
[Jl. xxxviii, pt. i, 171. naria, lately discovered in the Indian
Letter regarding an Inscription. Ocean. [JL iv, 215.
[Proc. 1870, 4. Corrected Character of the genus
On the Relation of Urya to other Cuvheria of Rang and Notice of a
modern Aryan languages. second species inhabiting- the tro-
[Proc. 1870, 192. pical Indian Ocean. [JL iv, 698.
Benson, W. H. (contd.)—Descriptive B e v e r l e y , H. (contd.)—Remarks on

Catalogue of Terrestrial and Flu- the Recent Census of the Town of
viatile Testacea, chiefly from the Calcutta. [Proc. 1876, 111.
North-East Frontier of Bengal. Remarks on old Maps of Calcutta, &c.
[JL v, 350. [Proc. 1881,90.
Descriptive Catalogue of a Collection of B h a t t a c h a i j i , R i s h i Kesh.—On the
Land and Fresh-water Shells, chiefly Identity of Upello with Upaplava.
contained in the Museum of the [JL 1. pt. i, 130.
Asiatic Society. [JL v, 741. Biddulph, Major J.—Remarks on a
Description of the Shell and Animal of Head of ocis poll [Proa. 1879, 280.
Nematnra, a new genus of Mollusca, B i d i e , Dr. G.—The Pagoda or Varaha
inhabiting situations subject to Coins of Southern India.
alternations of fresh and brackish [JL Hi, pt. i, 33.
water. [JL v, 781. B i g g e . Lieut. H. — Despatch from
Notice on Balantimn. a genus of the Lieut. H. Bigge. Assistant Agent,
Pteropodous Mollusca; with the detached to the Naga Hills, to Capt.
characters of a new species inhabit- Jenkins, Agent, Governor Genera ,
ing the Southern Indian Ocean. N. E. Frontier. [JL x, 129.
[Jl. vi, 150. Btjaya Mandir, Udayapur, &c., Inscrip-
Note on the genera Oaujgyrns and tion from the. [JL xvii. pt. i, 68.
Bcllerophon. [Jl. vi, 316. Bird, James.—On the Historical Geo-
Note on the Affinities of Galathea of graphy of Hindustan, and the Origin
Lamarck (PotamopMla of Sowerby). of the Social State among the
a genus of Fluviatile Testacea. Hindus. [JL ix. 848.
• [JL vii, 420. Bird, Dr. James.—Opening of the
Notes on the Rev. F. Mason's paper Topes at the Caves of Eanari, near
" On the Shells of the Tenasserim Bombay, and the Relics found in
Provinces." TJL xviii, 164. them. • [JL x, 94.
Chnsan Shells. Described by W. H. B i r d s , Catalogue of Indian.
Benson. Collected by Dr. T. Cantor. [Jl i, 261,313.
[Jl. xxiv, 119. B l a c k , T. C.—See S m i t h , V. A.
See Hutton, Lieut, T. B l a k e . Oaptn.—Information regarding
Bentley, John. — Remarks on the illanoou Pirates. [JL vii, 978.
principal "/Eras and Dates of the B l a n d , Dr. William.—Notes on Delhi
ancient Hindus. [As. Rrs. v, 315. Point, Pulo-Tinghie. &c, and on
On the Antiquity of the Siirya Sid- some Pelagic Fossil Remains found
dbanta, and the formation of the in the rocks of Pulo-Ledah.
Astronomical Cycles therein con- [JL v, 575.
tained. [Ax. If,/'*, vi, 537. Note on the Genus Pterocyclox of Mr.
On the Hindu Systems of Astronomy, Benson and Spiraculum of Mr. Pear-
and their connection with History son. [JL v, 783.
in ancient and modern times. Note on the Malay Woodpecker.
[As. lien, viii, 193. [JL vi, 952.
B e n z a , Dr. P. M.-Geological Sketch Blanford. H e n r y F.—On Dr. Gerard's
of the Nilgherries (Nil-giri). Collection of Fossils from the Spiti
[Jl i?. 413. Valley, in the Asiatic Society's Mu-
B e o s i River, Iron Suspension Bridge se11111- [JL xxxii, 124.
over the, near Sagar, Central India. Note on a Tank section at Sealdah,
[JL ii. 538. Calcutta. [Jl, x x x i i i f 154.
U e r r y , Dr. Andrew.—An Account of Note on the Hailstorm of Thursday
the Male Plant, which furnishes the the 24th March. [Jl, xxxiii. 530.
Medicine generally called Columbo On Scientific Technology.
or Columba Root. [-4*. Mes. x, 385. [Proc. 1866, 168.
B e v e r i d g e , H.—On a Copper-plate On Celts. [Proc. 1868, 59.
'Inscription found at Bakirganj. On certain protracted Irregularities of
[Proc. 1873. 171. Atmospheric Pressure in Bengal in
Were the Sundarbaus inhabited in relation to the Monsoon Rainfall
ancient times 1 [Jl xlv, pt. i, 71. of 1868 and 1869.
The Antiquities of Bagura (Bogra). [J7. xxxix. pt. ii. 123.
[Jl. xlvii, pt. i, 89. On the Normal Rainfall of Bengal.
B e v e r l e y , H.—Knotted Ropes used by [JL xxxix, pt. ii, 243
t.he Santals in taking the census On Barometric and other Meteorologi-
of 1872. [Proc. 1872, 192. cal Curves. [Proc. 1871, 60.
Blanford, Henry F. (contd.)—On Blanford, Henry F. (contd.)—On
some undescribed Species of Canip- the Relations of Cloud and Rainfall
toceras and other Land-shells. to Temperature in India, and on the
[Jl. xl, pt. ii, 39. opposite Variations of Density in
Note on the Error of the Calcutta the higher and lower Atmospheric
Standard Barometer, compared with Strata. [Jl. 1, pt. ii. 69.
those of Kew and Greenwich. Description of a Raingage with eva-
[JL xl, pt. ii, 4-46. pometer, for remote and secluded
Remarks on Rude Stone Monuments stations. [Jl. 1, pt. ii. 8.
in Chutia Nagpiir. [Proe. 1873,130. Some further results of Sun-thermo-
On the Climate of Bengal. meter observations with reference
[Proe. 1873, 178. to atmospheric absorption and the
On some recent Evidence of the Varia- supposed variation of solar heat.
tion of the Sun's Heat. [Jl. Ii. pt. ii, 72.
[Jl. xliii, pt. ii, 21. Remarks on Hailstorm at Shamnagar.
Exhibition of two series of Synoptical [Proe. 1883,58.
Weather Charts of India, with Remarks on Paper on Air-temperature
remarks thereon. [Proe. 1876, ^.18. and Humidity at different elevations.
On certain protracted Irregularities [Proe. 1883,87.
of Atmospheric Pressure in the Remarks on Paper on Measurement
Indian Monsoon-region, and their of Solar Radiation. [Proe. 1883.89.
relation, to variations of the local See Blanford, William T.; Hard-
Rainfall, [JL xlv, pt. ii. 27. i n g , Chas. ; Stoliczka, Dr. F.
Blanford, William T.—On the Rocks
An Account of Experiments made in of the Damiida group, and their
1875 and 1876 in various parts of associates in Eastern and Central
India, for the purpose of comparing India, as illustrated by the re-exami-
the observed Temperature of the nation of the Ranigauj field.
Dew-point with that computed from
the Psychrometer by different [Jl. xxix, 352.
methods of reduction. Contributions to Indian Malacology,
[Jl. xlv. pt. ii, 53. No. III. Description of new opercu-
Remarks on Himalayan Glaciation. lated Land-shells from Pegu. Arakan
[Proe. 1877, 3. and the Khasi hills. {See-also
Note on the Variation of the Barome- Blanford, W. T. ; and H. F.)
tric Tides in connexion with [Jl. xxxi, 135.
Diurnal Land- and Sea-Breezes. Account of a Visit to Puppa doung, an
[.//. xlvi, pt. ii. 45. extinct volcano in Upper Burma.
Catalogue of the recorded Cyclones in [Jl. xxxi, 215.
the Buy of Bengal up to the end of Contributions to Indian Malacology,
1876. [7/. xlvi. pt ii, 328. No. IV. Descriptions of new Land-
Exhibition of Autographic Records of shells from Ava and other parts of
Nor'-Wester Storms and of Weather Burma. [Jl. xxxii. 319.
Charts. [Proa. 1878. 104. Contributions to Indian Malacology,
Exhibition of an enlarged Photograph No. V. Descriptions of new Land-
by M. Janssen of part of the Solar shells from Arakan. Pegu, and Ava;
Disc. [Proe 1879, 138. with Notes on the distribution of des-
On the Diurnal Variation of Rainfall cribed species. [Jl. xxxiv, pt. ii, 66.
Frequency at Calcutta. On worked Agates of stone-age.
[Jl. xlviii, pt. ii, 41. [Proe. 1866,230.
Exhibition of a Balfour Stewart's Contributions to Indian Malacology,
Actinometer. [Proe. 1880, 6. No. VI. Descriptions of new Land-
Note to accompany some Drawings shells from the Nilgiri and Ana-
of large Hailstones, by Col. H. H. mull ay Hills and other places in
Godwin-Austeu and Mr. S. E. Peal. the Peninsula of India.
[Proe. 1880,103. [.//. xxxv, pt. ii, 31.
On the High Atmospheric Pressure of Contributions to Indian Malacology,
1870-78 in Asia and Australia in No. VII. List of Rpecies of Unio
relation to the Sun-spot Cycle. and Anodonta described as occur-
[Jl. xlix, pt. ii, 70. ring in India, Ceylon and Burma.
On Photographs of the Van Ryssel- [Jl. xxxv, pt. ii, 134.
berghe Meteorograph. On Stone Implements.
[Proe. 1881, 65. [Proe. 1867,136.
Blanford, William T. (contd.) — Blanford, William T. (contd.) —

On the Superior Antiquity of Indian Account of a Visit to the Eastern and
Stone-weapons. [Proc. 1867,144. Northern Frontiers of Independent^
Contributions to Indian Malacology, Sikkim ; with Notes on the Zoology
No. VIII. List of Estuary Shells of the Alpine and Sub-Alpine re-
collected in the delta of the gions. Part II. [JL xli, pt. ii, 30.
Irrawady in Pegu, with descrip- On Birds f rcm Sikkim.
tions of the new species. [Jl, xli, pt. ii, 152.
[JL xxxvi, pt. ii, 51. Monograph of Himalayan, Assamese,
Barmese and Cingalese Clausiliae.
Zoological Notes. [JL xli, pt. ii, 199.
[Jl. xxxvi, pt. ii, 189. Note on the Genus Gymnops, W.
Letter from Aden. [Proc. 1868, 65. Blanf. (Lacertidae).
Letter from Zulla, Abyssinia. [Jl. xlii, pt. ii, 144.
On the Scientific Names of the Sind
[Proc. 1868, 83. "Ibex," the Markhor, and the
Letter from Senaffe. [Proc. 1868,167. Indian Antelope. [JL xliii, pt. ii, 12.
Notes on a Journey in Northern Note on the Molluscan Genera
Coelostele, Benson and Francesla
Abyssinia. [Proc 1868, 276. Paladilhe, and on some Species of
Contributions to Indian Malacology. Landshells from Aden.
No. IX. Descriptions of new Dip- [JL xliii. pt. ii, 41.
lommatinaa from Darjiling and Remarks on Flint Cores and Flakes
the Khasi Hills. from Sakhar and Rohri in Sind.
[Jl. xxxvii, pt. ii, 77. [Proc. 1875, 134.
Contributions to Indian Malacology, Exhibition of Skins of Thibetan
No. X. Descriptions of new species Mammalia. [Proc. 1876, 197.
of Cyclophoridae, of Ennea and List of Mammalia collected by the late
Streptaxis, from the hills of South- Dr. Stoliczka, when attached to the
ern and South-Western India. embassy under Sir D. Forsyth in
[Jl. xxxviii, pt. ii, 125. Kashmir, Ladak, Eastern Turkestan
Ornithological Notes, chiefly on some and Wakhan ; with Descriptions of
Birds of Central, Western and new Species. [JL xliv, pt. ii, 105.
Southern India. On the Species of Marmot inhabiting-
[JL xxxviii, pt. ii, 164. the Himalaya, Tibet and the ad-
Contributions to Indian Malacology, joining regions. [Jl. xliv, pt. ii, 114.
No. XI. Descriptions of new List of Reptilia and Amphibia col-
species of Paludomus, Cremnocon- lected by the late Dr. Stoliczka in
chus, Cyclostoma and of Helicidse Kashmir. Ladak, Eastern Turkestan
from various parts of India. and Wakhan; with Descriptions of
\_Jl. xxxix, pt. ii, 9. new Species. [JL xliv, pt. ii, 191.
Notes of some Reptilia and Amphibia Note on (i) Elachiatodon Wester'
from Central India. manni, (ii) Platyceps semifasciatus,
[JL xxxix, pt. ii, 335. and (iii) Ablepharns pmillns and
Note on Hemidactylus marmoratus, • Blepharosteres ag'xlU.
H. Kelaarti and Ablabes Humberti. '[Jl. xliv, pt. ii, 207.
[Proc. 1871, 173. Note on a large Hare inhabiting high
On chipped quartzite Implements elevations in Western Thibet.
found on the Godavery. [//. xliv, pt. ii, 214.
[Proc. 1871,179. On Iron Arrow-heads from Sind.
Note on Colonel McMaster's List of [Proc. 1876, 116.
Birds from Nagpore, &c. Exhibition of Drawings by Capt. E.
Mockler, Pol. Agent, Guadar, repre-
[Jl. xl, pt. ii, 216. senting Ancient Dwellings and
List of Birds collected or observed in Tombs near Guadar in Baluchistan,
the Wardha Valley and its vicinity with Description. [Proc. 1876, 172
near Chanda. [JL xl, pt. ii, 268. On some Lizards from Sind, with
Account of a Visit to the Eastern and Descriptions of new Species of
Northern Frontiers of Indepen- Ptyodactylus, Stenodactylus and
dent Sikkim ; with'Notes on the Trapelus. [JL xlv, pt. ii, 18.
Zoology of the Alpine and Sub- Description of Felis Shawiana, a new
Alpine regions. Part I. Lyncine Cat from Eastern Turkes-
[JL xl, pt. ii, 367. tan. [JL xlv, pt. ii, 49.
Blanford, William T. (contd.) — Blanford, William T. {contd.)--
On the Physical Geography of the Exhibition of a Specimen of Hippuritic
Great Indian Desert with especial Limestone from Afghanistan.
reference to the former Existence [Proa 1879, 202.
of the Sea in the Indus Valley; and A second note on Mammalia collected
on the Origin and Mode of Forma- by Major Biddulph in Gilgit.
tion of the Sandhills. [JL xlviii. pt. ii, 95.
[JL xlv, pt. ii, 86. Notes on a Collection of Reptiles and
Description of Golvnda Ellwti from Frogs from the neighbourhood of
Sind. [JL xlv, pt. ii, 165. Ellore and Dumagudem .
Notes on some recent Researches by [JL xlviii. pt. ii, 110.
Prof. Jeitteles. of Vienna on the Note on a Collection of Reptiles made
Origin of the Domestic Dog. by Major O. B. St. John, R. E., at
[Proa 1877. 114. Ajmere in Rajputana.
On an apparently undescribed Weasel [Ji. xlviii, pt. ii, 119.
from Yarkand. [Ptoa. 1877.148. Notes on Reptilia. [JL xlviii. pt. ii, 127.
Exhibition of a Collection of Pottery, On a Species of TrocJialopterum
&c, received from Major E. Mock- from Travancore.
ler, Pol. Agent at Guadar, Baltichis- [JL xlix. pt. ii, 142.
tan. [Proa 1877. 157. Contribubions to Indian Malacology,
On an apparently nndescribed Weasel No. XII DeRcriptions of new Land-
from Yarkand. [JL xlvi. pt. ii, 259. and Fresh-water Shells from South-
On the Metad Rat ( Golnnda Meltada, ern and Western India, Burmah,
Gray) with a Note on Golanda the Andaman Islands, <fcc.
Ellwti. [JL xlvi, pt. ii. 288. [JL xlix. pt. ii, 181.
Description of SpiracnUnn Maxtersi. Description of an Arvwola from the
[JL xlvi.pt. ii, 313. Punjab Himalayas.
Note on two Species of Asiatic Bears, [JL xlix, pt. ii. 244.
the "Mamh" of Baluchistan and On the Voles (Ai'vicola) of the Hima-
Ursus pruinosus, Blyth, of Tibet, layas, Tibet and Afghanistan.
and on an apparently undescribed [JL 1, pt. ii, 88.
Fox from Baluchistan. On Myospalaxfusoicap'dlns, Blyth.
[JL xlvi, pt. ii, 315. [JL 1, pt. ii,.118.
On an apparently new Hare, and some Notes on an apparently undescribed
other Mammalia from Gilgit. Varanns from Tenasserim and on
[JL xlvi, pt. ii, 323. other Reptilia and Amphibia.
Exhibition of a Geological Map of [JL 1, pt. ii, 239.
Sind, with an A ccount of the Geo- A numerical Estimate of the Species of
logy of the Province. Animals, chiefly Land and Fresh-
[Proa 1878, 3. water, hitherto recorded from
Descriptions of two apparently new British India and its Dependencies.
Mammals from Tenasserim. [JL 1, pt. ii, 263.
[Proc. 1878. 71. Blanford, W. T.; and H. F.—Contri-
Exhibition of Skins of adult wild butions to Indian Malacology, No. I.
Swans from Sind and the Punjab. [JL xxix, 117.
[Proa 1878, 138. Contributions to Indian Malacology,
Remarks on Arvioola indica. Gray, and No. II. [JL xxx, 347rf.
its relation to the Sub-genus Neso- Blaquiere, W. O. — The Rbudhira-
Ma, Gray. [Proa 1878, 195. dhayaya, or Sanguinary Chapter,
Description of Buticilia schisticeps, translated from the Calica Puran.
Hodgs. [Ji. x ivii, pt. ii, 1. [As. Res. v, 371.
Notes on some Reptilia from the Blochmann, Henry.—On Palaeogra-
Himalayas and Burma. phy of India. [Proa 1865,171.
[JL xlvii, pt. ii, 125. On Scientific Technology.
On some Mammals from Tenasserim. [Proa 1866,163.
[JL xlvii, pt. ii, 150. On " Om " and " Amen."
Description of a supposed new Hedge- [Proa 1866.195.
hog from Muscat in Arabia. On new Arabic type. [Proa 1867, 29.
[JL xlvii, pt. ii, 212. Notes on Sirajuddaulah and the town
Note on the Mamh or Baluchistan of MurBhidabad, taken from a
Bear ( Ursns Gedrosiatni.t), Persian Manuscript of the Tarikh-
w
[Proa 1879, 4. i-Manciirf. [JL xxxvi, pt. i, 85.
Blochmann, Henry (contd.) — On Blochmann, Henry (cantd.)— Notes

Persian Poets, styled Sultan. from Muhammadan Historians on
[Proc. 1868, 220. Chutia Ndgpur, Pachet. and Pala-
Notes on a MS. of the Si raj all ugh at. mau. [<//.xl, pt. i, 111.
[Proc. 1868, 262. Notes on several Arabic and Persian
Remarks on the Snndarban. Inscriptions. [JL xl, pt. i. 251.
[Proc. 1868, 266. Remarks on Mr. Ferrar's letter re-
Contributions to Persian Lexicogra- garding Todar Mall. [Proc. 1872, 36.
phy. [Jl. xxx vii. pt. i, 1. Remarks on Inscriptions received from
Note on the Fall of a Meteorite at Mr. Wilson. [Proc. 1872. 47.
Jullunder, in April. A. D. 1621. Remarks on Bengal and Dak'hin
[Proc. 1869, 167. Silver Coins. [Proc. 1872, 118.
Observation on the Persian MS. of Inscription on a Tomb and Mosque at
J&mVs Khiradnamah-i-Sikandari. Sambhalhera. [Proc. 1872, 166.
[Proc. 1869, 190. Inscriptions from Ko\.[Proc 1872,166.
Contributions to the Chronology of Inscriptions from Miydn Mir, Sec.
the reigns of Timiir and his [Proc. 1872, 168.
descendants up to Shabjaban. No. 1. Inscription on Jahanara Banii Begum's
[Proc. 1869, 207. Tomb. Delhi. [Proc. 1872. 169.
Observations on Metrical Inscriptions Inscription on the Chase of one of the
found on Indian and Persian Coins. trophy guns formerly belonging to
[Proc. 1869, 255. the Bengal Artillery.
Note on a Malwah Goldmuhur [Proc. 1872, 169.
[Proc. 1869, 266. Remarks on Readings of rare Bengal
Badaoni and his Works. Coins [Proc. 1872. 202.
[,77. xxxviii, pt. i, 105. Koch Bihar, Koch Hiijo, and Asam,
Observations on a Sanad. &c. in the 16th and 17th centuries,
[Proc. 1870, 6. according to the Akbarnamah. the
Notes on Places of Historical Interest Padishuhnamah, and the Fathiyah i
in the district of Huglf.I. Madarau, 'Ibriyah. [Jl. xli, pt. i, 49.
and Paudaah. [Proc. 1870. 109. Notes on Arabic and Persian Inscrip-
Note on a Persian MS entitled Mirat- tions. No. II. [Jl. xli. pt. i, 102.
ul-Quds, a life of Christ; compiled, Ou a new King of Bengal ('Alauddin
at the request of the Emperor Firuz Shah), and Notes on the
Akbaf, by Jerome Xavier. Husaini Kings of Bengal and their
[Pior. 1870. 138. Conquest of Chatgaon (Chittagong).
On Coins sent by Mr Ferrar from [Jl. xli. pt. i, 331.
Pertabgar. [Proc. 1870, 161. Remarks on Major Stubb's Inscrip-
Remarks on the Balrvantndmah. tions from Lakhnau. [ Proc, 1873,11.
[Proc 1870,218. Remarks on Mr Growse's Inscriptions
Remarks on the Arabic Inscription of from Mathura. [Proc. 1873, 12.
the Bonhara Mosque. General Cunningham's) Bengal In-
[Proc. 1870, 297. scriptions (Muhammadan Period).
On History of the Rajahs of Kharak- [Proc. 1873, 17.
pur. [Proc 1870, 305. Remarks on Bengal Coins and Inscrip-
Notes on the Arabic and Persian tion a. [Proc. 1873, 89.
Inscriptions in the Hugli district. On Mr. Delmerick's Arabic and
[Jl. xxxix. pt. i, 280. Persian Inscriptions from Sonpat
Facsimiles of several Autographs of and Panfpat. [Proc. 1873. 94.
Jahanpir. Shahjahan and Prince
Dara Shikoh; together with Notes Babu Gunga Parshad's Inscriptions
on the Literary Character and the from the Muradabad district, with
Capture and Death of Dara Shikoh. translations. [Proc. 1873, 98.
[//. xxxix, pt. i, 271. On Inscriptions received from*Jaun*
Notes on Arabic and Persian Inscrip- pur, Panipat and Muzaffarnagar.
tions. [Proc. 1871. 126. [Proc. 1873, 138.
Observations on a Persian MS. on the On two Coins received from the Rev.
Lives of the twelve Apostles, by Mr.Carleton. Uupar.("/Vw. 1873,155.
Jerome Xavier. [Proc 1871,138. Readings of General Cunningham's
Remarks regarding the Birthplace of Inscriptions from Rapri. Mahoba.
Todar Mall. [Proc. 1871,178. and Dihlf ; and Mr. T. W. Beale's
Note on three Arabic Inscriptions by Inscriptions from Bianah. Ajmir
early Bengal Kihgs.[Pm?. 1871, 245. and Agrah. [Proc. 1873,156.
PART Appendix D. 117
Blochmann, Henry (contd.)- Blochmann, Henry (eontd.)—
Readings of Col. Guthrie's cast of Exhibition of Coins from Kashghar
a Bengal Coin of Firuz Shah the presented by Dr. Scully; of a
Second. [Proc. 1873,171. unique Gold Coin of Nacir-uddin
On Arabic and Persian Inscriptions Mahmud Shah; and of a Gold Coin
received from General Cunningham. of Muhammad-biu-Tughluq.
[Proc. 1873, 197. [Proc. 1876,90.
Contributions to the Geography and Exhibition of Muhammadan Inscrip-
History of Bengal (Muhammadan tions from Dihli, Hicar Firiizah and
Period).—Pt. I., Geographical. Pt. Murshf dabad. [Proc. 1876, 91.
II., Historical, based on Inscriptions Remarks on a Silver Coin of Shah-
received from General A. Cunning- jahan II. [Proc. 1876. 188.
ham. Dr. J. Wise, B. V. Westmacott. Readings and Translations of Arabic
Esq., W. L. Heeley, Esq., Walter M. and Persian Inscriptions received
Bourke. Esq., &c, and on unpub- from Messrs. J. G. Delmerick and
lished Coins ; with Notes by E. V. J. H. Reid. [Proc. 1877, 92.
Westmacott, Esq.. and Dr. J. Wise.
[Jl. xlii, pt. i, 209. Readings and Translations of some
Arabic and Persian Inscriptions
Remarks on some Inscriptions received from Hdnsi. received from Mr. J. G.
from General Cunningham and Mr. Delmerick. Dihli. [Proc. 1877,117.
Delmerick. [Proc. 1874. l>9. Exhibition of an ImpresRion taken by
Remarks on a rare Coin of Mali mud General Cunningham from a Rupee
ibn Muhammad Shah ibn Tughluq struck by Muhammad 'Adil Shah.
Shah, received from Mr. Delmerick.
[Proc. 1874,92. [Proc 1877, 156.
Remarks on some Inscriptions received Exhibition of, and Remark** on. some
from General Cunningham and Persian Inscriptions received from
Messrs. Atkinson and James. Mr. H. James liainey. Jessore.
[Proc. 1874. 100. [Proc. 1877,256.
Translations and Notes to Readings of An unpublished Ghazal by Hafiz.
Inscriptions received from Mr. T. [Jl. xlvi. pt i, 237.
W. Beale. Agrah. [Proc. 1874. 160. Exhibition of a unique Gold Coin of
Remarks on three Coins exhibited by Julal-uddin Finiz Shah (II) of
Col. H. Hyde. [Proc. 1874. 207. Dihli. [/Vw. 1878: 64.
Exhibition of a Persian MS. with Shah- Exhibition of a Persian MS., with a
jahan's autograph. [Proc. 1874, 208. Note. [Proc. 1878, 88.
Translations and Notes on Inscrip- Exhibition of Silver Coins from
tions from Agrah. Sikandrah and Burmah. [Proc. 187S, 102.
Barnaul. [Proc. 1874, 209. Bloomfield, A.—-Letter on pieces of
Contributions to the Geography and copper and silver from Gungeria.
History of Bengal (Muhainmadan [Proc. 1870. 113.
Period), No. II. [Jl xliii, pt. i, 280. Blundell, E. A.—An Account of some
Readings and Translations of Inscrip- of the Petty States lying north of
tions from Jaunpur and Tilbegam- the Tenasscrim Provinces drawn up
pur. [Proc. 1875, 14. from the Journals and Reports of
Exhibition of Bengal Coins belong- Dr. D. Richardson. [Jl. v, 601.
ing to Col. Hyde. [Proc. 1876, 112. An Account of some of the Pet'y
Readings of Muhainmadan Inscrip- States lying north of the Teuasserim
tions received from Capt. H. C. Provinces. [/*• v» 688 «
Marsh and Mr. T. W. Beale, Agrah. Blunt. Captain J a m e s T . - A Descrip-
[Proc. 1875, 113. tion of the Cuttub Minar.
Readings and Translations of Inscrip- [As. liet.iv, 313.
tions received from Mr. J. G. Del- Narrative of a Route from Chunar-
merick. [Proc. 1875, 212. ghur to Yertnagoodum, in the
Contributions to the History and Geo- Ellore Circar. [AM. lies, vii, 57.
graphy of Bengal (Muhammadan B l y t h , Edward.—A general Review of
Period), No. III. [Jl. xliv,pt. i,275. the Species of True Stag, or Ela-
Readings and Translations ol Arabic phoid form of Cervua, comprising
and Persian Inscriptions from Dihli, those more immediately related to
Rohtas and Sahasram. received the Red Deer of Europe. [Jl. x, 736.
from Messrs. Delmerick. Beglar and Description of another new species
Major • General A. Cunningham, of Pika (Lagomys) from the Hima-
C.S.I. [Proc. 1876, 4. e
laya. [V/.x,816.
118 Appendix. D. [PART I.
Blyth, Edward (croft?.)—A Monograph Blyth, Edward (contd.) — Notices

of the species of Wild Sheep. and Descriptions of various new
[JL x, 8<58. or little-known Species of Birds.
Descriptions of three Indian Species of [Jl. xv. 280.
Bat, of the genus Taphozous. Notes on the Fauna of the Nicobar
[JL x, 971. Islands. [Jl. xv. 367.
Notes on various Indian and Malayan Notices and Descriptions of various
Birds, with Descriptions of some new or little-known Species of
presumed new species. [JL xi, 160. Birds. [JL xvi, 117.
Notice of the predatory and sangui- Some further Notice of the Species o%
vorous habits of the Bats of the Wild Sheep. [JL xvi, 350.
genus Megaderma ; with some Re- Notices and Descriptions of various
marks on the blood-sucking propen- new or little-known Species of
sities of other Vespertiliouidse. Birds. [JL xvi, 428.
[Jl. xi, 255. Repjy to the Minute by Capt. Munro,
A Monograph of the species of Lynx. regarding the MS. of the " Burnes
[JL xi, 740. Drawings." [Jl. xvi, 1168.
Descriptive Notice of the Bat des- A Supplemental Note to the Catalogue
cribed as Taphozous longimanus, by of the Birds in the Asiatic Society's
Gen. Hardwicke. [Jl. xi, 784. Museum. [JL xviii, 800.
A Monograph of the Indian and Description of a New Species of Mole
Malayan Species of Cuculidas, or (Talpa leucura. Blyth.) [Jl.xix. 215.
Birds of the Cuckoo family. Remarks on the Modes of Variation
[Jl. xi, 897. of nearly affined Species or Races of
A Monograph of the Indian and Ma- Birds, chiefly inhabitants of India.
layan species of Cuculidse, or Birds [JL xix, 221.
of the Cuckoo family (concluded). Conspectus of the Ornithology of In-
[Jl. xi, 1095. dia, Burma and the Malayan Penin-
Supplement to the Monograph of the sula, inclusive of Siudh, Asam,
Indian and Malayan Species of Ceylon and the Nicobar Islands.
Cuculidae, or Birds of the Cuckoo [JL xix, 229.
family, published in Vol. XI. pp. 898, Conspectus of the Ornithology of In-
1095, et seq. [JL xii, 240. dia. [JL xix, 319.
Notices of various Mammalia, with Conspectus of the Ornithology of In-
Description of many New Species. dia, Burma and the Malayan Penin-
[Jl. xiii, 463. sula, inclusive of Sindh, Asam,
" On the Leiotrichane Birds of the Ceylon and the Nicobar Islands.
Subhemalayas," by B. H. Hodgson: [JL xix.501.
with some additions and annota- Report on the Mammalia and more
tions,—a Synopsis of the Indian remarkable species of Birds inhabit-
Pari,—and of the Indian Fringil- ing Ceylon. [JL xx, 153.
lidse, [Jl. xiii, 933. Notice of a Collection of Mammalia,
Notices and Descriptions of various Birds and Reptiles procured at or
new or little-known Species of near tbe station of Cherra Punji in
Birds. [Jl- xiv. 173. the Ehasia hills, north of Sylhet.
Description of Caprolagus, a new [JL xx, 517.
genus
6
of Leporine Mammalia. Remarks on the different species of
[JL xiv, 247. Orang-utan. [Jl, xxii, 369.
Notices and Descriptions of various Notices and Descriptions of various
new or little-known Species of Reptiles, new or little-known.
Birds. iy« xiv » 54G- [Jl. xxii, 639.
Drafts for a Fauna Indica. Com- Notices and Descriptions of various
prising the Animals of the Hima- Reptiles, new or little-known.
laya Mountains, those of the Valley [JL xxiii, 287.
of the Indus, of the Provinces of
Assam, Sylhet, Tipperah, Arracan, A Monograph of the Indian Species of
and of Ceylon; with Occasional Phylloscopus and its immediate
Notices of Species from the Neigh- affines [JL xxiii, 479.
bouring Countries. [JL xiv> 845t A Memoir on the Indian Species of
Notices and Descriptions of various Shrews. [Jl. xxiv, 24.
new or little-known Species of Report on a Zoological Collection from
Birds. " [JL xv, 1. the Somali country. [JL xxiv, 2<J1
Blyth, Edward (contd.) — Further Boileau, Major J. T. (contd.) —
Remarks on the different Species Observations of Meteors on the night
of Orang-utan. [Jl. xxiv, 618. between the 12th and 13th No-
Description of a new Indian Pigeon, vember 1841, made at the Magne-
akin to the ' Stock Dove' of Europe; tic Observatory at Simla. [Jl. x, 964.
with Notices of other Columbinae. Tables for determining the Elastic
[Jl. xxvi, 217. Force of Aqueous Vapour in the
On the different Animals known Atmosphere and the Temperature of
as Wild Asses. [Jl. xxviii, 229. the Dew-Point, by Observations of
On the Great Rorqual of the Indian a Dry and Wet-bulb Thermometer:
Ocean, with Notices of other Cetals, computed agreeably to Dr. Apjohn's
and of the Syrenia or marine Hygrometrio Formula. [JL xiii, 135.
Pachyderms. [Jl. xxviii, 481. See Ivory,—
Boria,Cavelly.—Account of the Jains,
Note on the Sciuri inhabiting Ceylon collected from a Priest of this Sect ;
and those of the Tenasserim Pro- at Mudgeri. [As. Res. ix, 244.
vinces. [Jl. xviii, 600. Boring Experiment, Report of the
The Cartilaginous Fishes of Lower Committee appointed on the 27th
Bengal. {Jl. xxix, 35. March, 1833. to consider on the
Beport on some Fishes received chiefly expediency of recommending to the
from the Sitang River and its Tri- Government the continuance of the.
butary Streams, Tenasserim Pro- [Jl. ii, 3G9.
vinces. [Jl. xxix, 138. Bose, Kishen Kant.—Some Account
On the Flat-horned Taurine Cattle of of the Country of Bhutan.
S. E. Asia; with a Note on the [As. Res. xv, 128.
Races of Rein Deer, and a Note on Bose, P. N.—Note on some Earthen
Domestic Animals in general. Pots found in the alluvium at
[Jl, xxix, 282. Mahesvara (Mahesar).
Note on the Races of Rein Deer. [Jl. Ii. pt. i, 226.
[Jl. xxix, 37. Note on Mahishmati or Mahesvara
A Memoir on the living Asiatic specie (Mahesar) on the Narmada, and the
of Rhinoceros. \Jl. xxxi, 151. Identification of Hiouen Thsang's
A Further Note on Elephants and ' Muhesvarapura.' [Proc. 1883,127.
Rhinoceroses. [Jl. xxxi, 196. Bose, Rasnbihari.—Extracts from
A Further Note on Wild Asses and my Diary regarding the Bonhara
alleged Wild Horses. [Jl. xxxi, 363. Temple near Omerpore, Behar and
A Memoir on the Rats and Mice of other Antiquities of the place.
India. [Jl. xxxii, 327. [Jl. xxxix, pt. i, 232.
Catalogue of the Mammals of Burma. Letter on Kharakprir. [Proa. 1871, 98.
Edited, with Notes and Additions, Extracts from my Diary regarding a
by Dr. J. Anderson. Visit to Kharakpiir, in the district
[Jl. xliv, pt. ii, Extra No. 1. of Munger (Monghyr), and several
Catalogue of the Birds of Burma. places in the Banka Subdivision,
Edited, with Notes and Additions, by Bhagalpiir. [Jl xl, pt. i, 22.
Arthur Viscount Walden. Legends and Ballads connected with
[Jl. xliv, pt. ii, Extra No., 34. persons deified or held in great
See Hodgson, B. H. ; Hutton, veneration in Bhagalpiir and the
Oapt. r. neighbouring districts (being ex-
tracts from diaries). [Jl. xl, pt. i, 183.
Boag, W.—On the Poison of Serpents.
_ . _ [As. Res. vi, 103. Boulderson, H. S. — Astronomical
Boats, Comparative Section and Ton- Observations at Barelly. [Jl. ii, 318.
nage of English and Indian, for Meteorological Register at Barelly in
River Navigation. [Jl, iii, 136. 1831. [Jl. ii, 641.
Boileau, Major J. T.—Description Abstract Statement of 412 Villages
of a Sundial in the Court of the in Zilla Bareilly. Settlement under
Moti Musjid, in the Fort of Agra. Regulation VII. 1822. [Jl. iii, 475,
[Jl. ii, 251. Boulderson, S. M.—Abstract of a
Remarks on the Construction of Meteorological
1
Register kept at
Newman's Improved Portable Baro- Caineville,' Mussooree (Masuri).
meter, and on the mode of renewing [Jl. iv, 230.
the Gauge Point when lost. Bowring, L.—Descriptive Notice of the
[Jl. x, 957. District of Jhilum. [Jl. xix, 43.
Bo wring, L. (co?itd.)— On Mysore Brooks, W. E. (cimtd.) — Some Orni-

Inscriptions. [Proc. 1865. 112. thological Notes and Corrections.
On Mysore Aerolites. [Proc 1865. 195 [Jl. xliii. pt. ii, 239.
Kashmiri Vocabulary and Grammati- On an apparently unnamed species
cal Forms. of Phcenwopterus. [Proc. 1875, 17.
[Jl. xxxv, pt. ij. Extra No., 225. Postscript to Description of Phceni'
Letter on Cromlechs in Coorg. copterus Andersonh. [Proc. 1876, 48.
[Proc 1869.59. See Anderson, Dr. J.
B o y e s , Oapt. W. J. E —Extract from
Note Book regarding the genus Broome, Lieut. A.; and Gunning-
Pauasus. [Jl. xii, 421. ham, Lieut. A.—Abstract Journal
Brandis, Dr. D.—Exhibition of Speci- of the "Routes of Lieutenants A.
mens of Indian Timbers. Broome and A. Cunningham, to the
[Proc 1878, 86. sources of the Punjab rivers.
Branfill, Lieut.-Col. B. R.—Physio- |V
graphical Notes. &c. on Tan j ore Brough, R. S.—On the proper relative
(Tanja-iir). [Jl. xlvii. pt. ii, 179. Sectional Areas for Copper and Iron
Description of the Great Siva Temple Lightning Rods. [Jl. xlvii. pt. ii, 191.
of Gaugai Kondapuram and of some On a Case of Lightning, with an
other places in the Trichinopoli evolution of the Potential and
district [Jl. xlix. pt. i, 1. Quantity of the Discharge in Abso-
Rude Megalithic Monuments in North lute Measure [Proc 1877, 56.
Arcot. [Jl. xlix, pt. i. 8. On the Diameter of the Wire to be
employed in winding an Electro-
Brett, F. H.—Concerning certain in- magnet in order to produce the
teresting Phenomena manifested maximum Magnetic effect.
in individuals born blind, and in [Proc. 1877, 134.
those having little or no recollection A Theoretical Deduction of the best
of that sense, on their being restored Resistance of a Telegraph Receiv-
to sight at various periods of life. ing Instrument. [Proc 1877. 184.
[Jl. yi. 47. Exhibition of Professor Graham Bell's
Broadley, A. M.—The Buddhistic Re- Telephone. [Proc. 1877, 252..
mains of Bihar. [Jl. xli, pt. i, 209. A few Magnetic Elements for
Brodie, Capt.—Narrative of a Tour Northern India. [Pioc 1878, 69.
over that part of the Naga Hills Brown, A.—Ceremonies observed at
lying between the Diko and Dyang the Coronation of a Hindu Raja.
river. [Jl. xiv, 828. [As. Res. xiii, 311.
Brooke, Capt. J. O.—Note on the
Zinc Mines of Jawar. [Jl. xix, 212. Brown, Revd. N.—Alphabets of the
The Mines of Khetree in Rajpootana Tai language. [Jl. vi, 17.
[Jl. xxxiii, 519. Comparison of Lndo-ChineseLanguages
Brooks, W. E.—Description of a new [Jl. vi. 1023.
Species of Abrornis. [Proc. 1871,248 Memorandum of various Phenomena
The Swans of India [Proc 1872, 63. in 1843. [Jl. xii. 909.
The Imperial Eagles of India. Brown, Capt. Win.—Account of an
[Proc. 1872, 64. Ancient Temple at Hissar, and of the
On a New Indian Sylvia. Ship Model at that place. [Jl. vii, 429.
[Proc. 1872, 66. Browne, Gapt. H. A.—The Pegu
On a New Species of Reguloides. Pagoda. |V/.xxxvi, pt. i, 109.
[Proc 1872,148. Brownlow, O.—Note on the Occasional
Notes on the Ornithology of Cashmir. Existence of Fresh Water on the
surface of the Ocean. [Jl. v, 236-
[JL xli, pt. ii, 73. Description of a Bachelors1 Hall among
On two undescribed Cashmir Birds. the Mikir Tribes, Assam.
Notes on Aquila ncecioides, A.ftdves- [Proc. 1874,17.
cens and A. vindhiana.
[Proc. 1873, 173. Bruce, G. A.—Report on the Manufac-
On an undescribed species of Lopho- ture of Tea, and on the Extent and
phanes. [Jl. xlii, pt. ii, 67. Produce of the Tea Plantations in
On Aquila bifasciata and Aquila ori- Assam. [Jl. viii, 497.
entalis. [//. xlii, pt. ii, 145. Bruce, J. Q.—A Letter to the Secretary
Notes on the Certhiinse of India. on the Nurma Cotton of Bundel-
[Jl. xlii, pt. ii, 255. cund. [Jl. x, 822.
Buchanan, Dr. Francis.—Descrip- Burnes, Gapt. Alexander ( )
tion of the Tree called by the On the reputed Descendants of Alex-
Burmas, Launzan. [As. Res. v, 123. ander the Great, in the valley of the
A Comparative Vocabulary of some of Oxus. [Jl. ii, 305.
the Languages spoken in the Burma On the "Topes" and Grecian Re-
Empire. [As. lien, v, 219. mains in Punjab. [Jl. ii, 308.
On the Religion and Literature* of the Description of the Salt Works at
Burmas. [As. lies, vi, 163. Panchpadder, Mewar. [Jl. ii, 365.
History of Cooch Behar, being an On the Colossal Idols of Bamian.
extract of a passage from Dr. [Jl. ii, 561.
Buchanan's Account of Rungpur On the Reg-Ruwan, or moving sand:
(Rungapura). [Jl. vii, 1. a singular phenomenon of sound
Buddh Gya in Behar, translation of near Cabul. [JL vii. 324.
an Inscription in the Pali character On the Siah-posh Kaffirs, with speci-
and Burmese language on a stone mens of their language and
at. [JL iii, 214. costume. [Jl. vii, 325.
Report on ten specimens of Coal from
Buhler, George.—A Translation of the Capt. Burnes. [JL vii, 848.
Chapter on Ordeals, from the Vya- Burnes, Gapt. Alexander; and
vahara Mayukha [Jl. xxxv, pt. i, 14 Gerard, Dr.—A Sketch of the
A Notice of the S'auuaka Smriti. Route and Progress of Lieut. A.
[Jl. xxxv, pt. i, 141). Burnes and Dr. Gerard. [Jl. i, 139.
Account of a Recent Tour through Continuation of the Route of Lieut.
Western Rajputana in search of A. Burnes and Dr. Gerard, from
Sanskrit MSS. [Proc. 1874, 93. Peshawar to Bokhara. [Jl. ii, 1.
Buist, Dr. George.—On the General Continuation of Dr. Gerard's Route
Vibration, or Descent and Upheaval, with Lieut. Burnes, from Bokhara
which seems, at a recent Geological to Meshid. [Jl. ii, 143.
Period, to have occurred all over the
Northern Hemisphere. [Jl. xix, 302. Burney, an
Lt.-Col. H.— Translation of
Inscription in the Burmese Lan-
On the Encrustation of Steam Boilers guage, discovered at Buddha Gaya,
J" and Pipes in India. [Jl. xix, 419. in 1833. [As. Res. xx. pfc. i, 161.
Floods in India for 1849. [Jl. xx, 186.
On the.Adaptation of the Aneroid for Some Account of the Lacquered or
the purposes of Surveying in India. Japanned Ware of Ava. [Jl. i, 169.
[Jl. xx, 320. Memoir of Giuseppe d'Amato.
On the Oriental Character of certain [JL i, 349.
Northern Antiquities. [Jl. xxi, 127. Notice of Pugan, the Ancient Capital
of the Burmese Empire. [JL iv, 400.
Burgess, James.—On Hypsometrical Discovery of Buddhist Images with
Measurements by means of the Deva-Ndgari Inscriptions at Ta-
Barometer and the JJoiling-point goung, the Ancient Capital of the
Thermometer. ful. xxvii, 337. Burmese Empire. [Jl- v, 157.
Burke, Dr.—Report on the Value of Some Account of the Wars between
Life among the Officers and Men Burmah and China, together with
in H. Majesty's Troops in India. the Journals and Routes of three
different Embassies sent to Pekin
[Jl. viii, 48. by the King of Ava; taken from
lurn, A.—On the Cotton called " Nur- Burmese documents. {JL vi, 121.
ma," in Guzerat, [Jl. xi, 290. Some Account of the Wars between
Burnell, A. 0.—Extract from a pam- Burmah and China, together with
phlet on making Copies of Indian the Journals and Routes of three
Inscriptions. [Proc 1874, 125 different Embassies Bent to Pekin
by the King of Ava; taken from
On the Invasion of Bengal by the Burmese documents.
Chola King Kulottunga. [JL vi, 405, 542.
[Proc. 1876, 107.
Burr, Captain O.B.—Extract from a
Burnes, Oapt. Alexander. — Some journal, during the late Campaign
Account of the Salt Mines of the in Egypt. LAs. Res. viii, 35.
Punjab. m [Jl. i, 145, Burrow, Reuben.—Hints relative to
Account of the Jain Temples . on Friction in Mechanics.
Mount Abu in Guzerat. [Jl. ii, 161.
Description of Bokhara. [Jl. ii, 224. [As. Res. i, 171.
122 Appendix P. [PART I.
Burrow, Reuben (rontd.) — A Me- Burt, Oapt. T. S. (jumtd.) —• Observ-

thod of Calculating the Moou's ations ou a second Inscription taken
Parallaxes, in Latitude and Longi- in fac-simile from the neighbour-
tude [A*. Res. i, 320. hood of Mount Aboo. [JL x. 821.
Remarks on the Artificial Horizons, Burt, Capt. T. S . ; and C u n n i n g -
&c. [As. lies, i, 327. ham, Capt. A.—Lithographs and
Demonstration of a Theorem concern- Truncations of Inscriptions taken in
ing- the Intersections of Curves. ectype by Captain T. S. Burt: and
[As. lies, i, 330. of one from Ghosi taken by Cap-
Corrections of the Lunar Method of tuin A. Cunningham. [Jl. vii, 629.
finding the Longitude. B u r t ' s Trisection Instrument, Defence
[As. Res. i, 433. of Lieutenant. [,//. ii. 485.
A Synopsis of the different cases that Busteed, Dr. H. E.—On the Method
may happen in deducing the Longi- of Assaying Silver adopted in the
tude of one place from another Assay Offices of H. M.'s Indian
by means of Arnold's Chronometers, Mints. [Jl. xxxix. pt. ii. :*77.
and of finding the rates when the Butler D P . D. — On the Preparation
differences of Longitude is given. of Opium for the China market:
[As. Res. ii, 473. written in March 1835. and then
Memorandums concerning an old communicated to the Benares and
Building in the Hadji pur district, Behdr Agencies. [Jl. v. 1G5.
near the Gunduck river. Butler, J. — Eurthquakes in Assam.
[^1*. Res. ii, 477. [.//. xviii, 172.
Observations of some Eclipses of Butler, Capt. John.—A Rough Com-
Jupiter's Satellites. [ As. Res. ii, 483. parative Vocabulary of Tribes in
A Proof that the Hindus had the the Naga Hills District.
Binomial Theorem. [ As. Res. ii, 487. [Jl. xlii, pt. i. Appendix. I.
A specimen of a Method of reducing A Rough Comparative Vocabulary of
Practical Tables and Calculations two more of the Dialects spoken in
into more general and compendious the - Naga Hills." [Jl. xliv. pt. i. 216.
forms. [As. Res. iii, 141. Rough Notes on the An garni NagaB
and their Language.
Table of Latitudes and Longitudes of [.7/. xliv, pt. i, 307.1
some principal places in India, Bysack, Gaur Das.—On the Gopal-
determined from astronomical pore Aerolite. [Proc. 1865, 94.
observations. [As. Res. iv, 325. The Antiquities of Bagerhat.
B u r t , Adam.—On the Dissection of the [Jl. xxxvi. pt. i, 118.
Pangolin. [As. Res. ii, 353. Note on Khanja Khan Garh in the
Burt, Capt. T. S.—Description of aii district of Bardwan, Jahdnabad
Instrument for trisecting Angles. Subdivision, Bengal.
[Jl. i, 499. [Jl. xlvi, pt. i, 166.
Description of the Mode of. extract-
ing Salt from the damp Sand-beds
of the River Jumna, as practised Calcutta, Bishop of—-On Cave
by the inhabitants of Bundelkhand. Temples. [Proc. 18G5, 163.
[Jl. iii, 33. On Temple in Kashmir.
A Description, with Drawings, of the ^ , ^ « [Pro*. 1865, 165.
Ancient Stone Pillar at Allahabad Calcutta, Population and Mortality in.
called Bhim Sen's Gada or Club.with _ .. T [Jl. vii, 888.J
accompaaying copies of four inscrip- Calder, J a m e s . — General Observa-
tions eugraven in different charac- tions on the Geology of India.
ters upon its surface. [Jl. iii, 105.
Notice of an Inscription on a Slab Camel Draught, Documents relative
discovered in February. 1838. to the application of, to Carriages.
[Jl. viii, 159. ^ „ [Jl viii. oyi.
Campbell, Dr. A.—On t>bc Notice of
Inscription found near Bhabra, three Alum or Salajitof Nipal. [Jl. ii. 482.
marches from Jeypore on the road Account of the Earthquake at Kath-
to Delhi. [Jl. ix. GIG. maudii. [Jl. ii, oG4.
Inscription taken from a Baolee at
Bussuntgurh, at the foot of the Further particulars of the Earthquake
southern range of hills running in Nipal. [Jl. ii, 636.
parallel to Mount Aboo. [Jl. x, G64. On the Nepalese Method of Refining
Gold. [Jl. iii, 622.
Campbell, Dr. A. (co?itd.) — Notice Campbell, Dr. A. (contd.) — See
of the Nipalese Spirit Still. Hodgson, B. H . ; Lloyd, Lt.-
{Jl. iv, 282. Ool.
Notes on the State of the Arts of Campbell, C—Memorandum on the
Cotton Spinning. Weaving. Print- life-sized Statues lately exhumed
ing, and Dyeing in Nepal. [,//. v, 219. inside the Palace of Delhi.
Notes taken at the post mortem ex- {JL xxxiii, 159.
amination of a Musk Deer. Notes on the History and Topography,
{JL vi, 113. of the Ancient Cities of Delhi.
Abstract of a Meteorological Register {Jl. xxxv, pt. i, 199.
kept at the Gathmandu Residency Campbell, Hon'ble Q-. — On Indian
for 1837. {Jl. vi. 010. Ethnology. {Proc. 18(55, 142.
Abstract of Meteorological Register On Languages of Cashmir.
kept at the Oathmandu Residency {Proc. 1866, 46,62.
for July and August, 1837. On Ethnological Exhibition.
{Jl. vi 889. [Proc. 1806, 71. 87, 188.
Notes on the Musical Instruments On Translation of Technical Terms.
and Agricultural and other Instru- {Proc. 1866, 141, 177.
ments of the Nipalese. {JL vi. 953. The Ethnology of India.
Note on the Mechis, together with a {JL xxxv, pt. ii, Extra No., 1.
small Vocabulary of the Language. List of Words and Phrases to be noted
{JL yiii. 623. and used as test-words for the dis-
Note on the Lepchas of Sikkim, with covery of the radical affinities of
a Vocabulary of their Language. languages, and for easy comparison.
{Jl. ix, 379. Comparative Table of Aboriginal
Note on the Limboos and other Hill Words. Comparative Table of
Tribes hitherto undescribed. Northern and Arian Words.
{Jl. ix, 495. {JL xxxv, pt. ii, Extra No., 201.
On the Literature and Origin of cer- On Mon Languages. {Proc. 1867, 51.
tain Hill Tribes in Sikkim. [JL xi, 4. Campbell, Capt. J.—Report on the
Report of the Death of Mr. Csoma de Soda Soils of the Barramahal.
Koros, made to Gr. A. Bushby, Esq. {JL x, 159.
Officiating Secretary, Political De- Report on the Kaolin Earth of Mysore.
partment. [Jl. xi, 303 {JL x, 163.
Memorandum on the " Bora Chung " Report upon the Manufacture of
of Bootnn. {Jl. xi, 9«3. Steel in Southern India. [JL xi, 217.
Itinerary from Phari in Thibet, to Las- Report upon the Improvement of the
aa. with appended Routes from Dar- Silk manufactured in Mysore and
jeeling to Phari. {Jl. xvii. pt. i, 257. the Salem districts. [Jl. xi, 218.
Routes from Darjeeling to Thibet. Report upon the Construction of
{JL xvii. pt. ii, 488. Philosophical Instruments in India.
On the Elevation of peaks in the {Jl. xi, 293.
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Journal of a Trip to Sikim, in Decem- Campbell, J. F.—On Himalayan Glaci-
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{JL xviii, 482. Campbell, Capt. J. H. — See P i d -
Answers to Mr. Piddington's Query dington. H.
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{JL xix, 457. the Transit of Venus of 1874.
A Journey through Sikim to the fron- {Proc. 1874, 241.
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A Journey through Sikim to the fron- respecting the proposed formation
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A Journey through Sikim to the fron- from the river Jumna, near the
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A Register of the Temperature of the [As. Res. xix, pt. i, 87.
Surface of the Ocean from the Notice of a Skull (fragment) of a
Hooghly to the Thames. gigantic Fosbii lTatrauhian.
[JL xxTii, 170. [JL vi, 538.
Cantor, Dr. Theodore (contd.) — Cautley, Capt. P. T. (contd.) — The

Catalogue of Mammalia inhabiting Fossil Gharial of the Sivalik Hills.
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[JL xv, 171, 241. [Jl. i, 289.
On Teredo Navalis and a natural Discovery of an ancient town near
defence against its ravages, by Mr. Behut. in the Doab. [JL iii, 43.
Lehmann : from the Transactions Further Account of the remains of an
of the Scandinavian Naturalists of ancient town discovered at Behat,
Copenhagen, 1840; translated and near Seharanpur. [JL iii, 221.
communicated, [JL xvi, 487 Note on the Gold Washing of the <
Catalogue of Reptiles inhabiting the Gumti River. [JL iv, 279.
Malayan Peninsula and Islands, Note on the Teeth of the Mastodon a
collected or observed. dents etroites of the Siwalik Hills.
[JL xvi, 607, 897,1026. [Jl. v. 294.
Catalogue of Malayan Fishes. Note on Mastodons of the Sewaliks.
[Jl. xviii, 987. [Jl. v, 768.
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Carey, Rev. Dr. William.—Remarks On the Use of Wells. &c, in Founda-
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An Account of the Funeral Ceremonies On the Fossil Remains of Camelidae
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Carlleyle, A. C. L.—Descriptions of Cautley, Capt. P. T.; and Falconer,
two new species belonging to the Dr. Hugh.—Note on the Ursus
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Panchala. in Rohilkhand:—the pro- tertiary strata of the Sivalik Hills,
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of the Sculptures and Ruins at
Caul, Goverdhan.—On the Literature Mavalipuram, a place few miles
of the Hindus. [As. lies, i, 340. north of Sadras, and known to
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occurrence of Coal and Lignite in Pagodas. [As. Res. i, 145.
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Chandra, Jaya.—Note on a Copper Cockburn, John (contd.) — On a
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Chapman, Dr. H.—Meteorological Re- [Proc. 1882.115.
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months of April, May, June and the Hog-deer', Axis pore inns, with
July, 1837. u [JL vi, 700. an amplification of the theory of
Meteorological Register kept at Dar- the evolution of antlers in Ru-
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Chapman. J. S.—Notes on the Gems On the Habits of a little-known Lizard,
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Whirlwind at Pandooah. Indicus in the North-Western Pro-
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[JL xvii, pt. i. 473. [Proc. 1872, 193.
Clint, L . - A Tale by Insha Allah Khan. Colebrooke, Henry Thomas.—On
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On Ancient Monuments containing
Note on Torsion in the Awns of Spear Sanscrit Inscriptions.
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Coleopterous Insects, Instructions for
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of Ghiasuddin Tughluq. as far as Bhopalpur on the banks
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[As. Rrs. xviii. pt. i, 47.
Colvin, Colonel—On the Restoration Court, A.—Further Information on the
of the Ancient Canals in the Delhi Topes of Manikyala. being the trans-
Territory. [JL ii, 105. lation of an Extract from a Manu-
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Fossil Bones presented to the Asia-
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Horary Observations taken at Dadii- Conjectures on the March of Alexan-
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Herschers Circular. [JL v, 299. Extracts translated from a Memoir on
a Map of Peshawar and the Country
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from Demi-Official Reports on a the Hydaspes. the Pcucelaotis and
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Conolly, Lieut. Edward.—Observa- [Jl. v, 468.
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[Jl. vi. 813. ander the Great's exploits on the
Note of Discoveries of Gems from western banks of the Indus.
Khaudahar. [JL ix, 97. [JL viii, 304.
Bketch of the Physical Geography of Cowell, E. B.—On the Swayamvara of
Seistan. Wl- **, 710. the Ancient Hindu's, and its traces
Notes on the Eusofzye Tribes of in the ancient world generally.
Afghanistan. [Jl- ix, 924. [JL xxviii, 31.
On certain Mediseval'Apologues.
Journal kept while travelling in [JL xxix, 10.
Seistan. [Jl- x, 319. Attempts of Asiatic Sovereigns to
Cooper, T. T. — Notes on Western establish a Paper Currency
China [Proc. 1809, 143. [JL xxix, 183.
Cope, Henry .—Letter to the Editor, on On a Passage in the Tenth Book of
Lichens in the Himalayas. the Sahitya Darpana. [Jl. xxix, 217.
[JL x, 828.
Cowell, E. B. (contd.) — The Kiranus- Cunningham General Alexander
Sa'dain of Mir Khusrau. (contd.)—Description of, and Deduc-
[JL xxix, 225. tions from, a consideration of some
Gyges' ring in Plato and Niz&mi. new Bactrian Coins. [Jl. ix, 867.
[Jl. xxx, 151. Note to be appended to the Ac-
The Ch&rvaka System of Philosophy. count of the Coins of Mayas, in the
[Jl. xxxi, 371. preceding article on " Some New
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Cowie, W. Gr.—Notes on some of the Second Notice of some forged Coina of
Temples of Kashmir, especially those the Bactrians and Indo-Scythians.
not described by General A. Cun- [Jl. ix, 1217.
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the Journal of the Asiatic Society Sources of the Punjab rivers.
of Bengal for September. 1848. [Jl. x. 105.
[JL xxxv, pt. i, 91. Description of some Ancient Gems and
Oowles, Capt. C—Description of the Seals from Bactria, the Punjab and
Audiometer, an instrument for India. [Jl. x, 147.
working Lunar Calculations. A Sketch of the second Silver Plate
[Jl. i. 651. found at Badakshan. [Jl. x, 570.
Cox, Gapt. Hiram.—An Account of Second Notice of some new Bactrian
the Petroleum Wells in the Burmha Coins. [Jl. xi. 130.
Dominions, extracted from journal Notice of some unpublished Coins of
of a voyage from Ranghong up the the Indo-Scythians. [Jl. xiv, 430.
river Erai-Wuddey to Amarapoorah, Journal of a Trip through Kulu and
the present capital of the Burmha Lahul, to the Chu Mureri Lake, in
Empire. [As. lies, vi, 127. Laddk. during the months of August
On the Burmha Game of Chess ; com- and September, 1846.
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Persian Game of the same denomi- Memorandum detailing the Boundary
nation. [As. lies, vii, 486. between the territories of Maharaja
Cracroft, William.—Notes relative to Gulab Singh and British India, as
the Collection of some Geological determined by the Commissioners
Specimens in theKasia Hills between P. A. Vans Agnew, Esq., and Capt.
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On the Measurement of the Ilahy Guz Verification of the Itinerary of Hwan
of the Emperor Akber. [JL iii, 300. Thsaiig through Arinna and India,
Table of Multipliers for ascertaining with reference to Major Anderson's
the Deviation of a Transit Instru- hypothesis of its modern compila-
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[A*, lies. xv. vi. Proposed Archaeological Investigation.
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the Hindu Religion in the Island of during the first half of the seventh
Bali. [As. lies. xiii. 128. century of the Christian era.
The Ruins of Prambanan in Java. [Jl. xvii, pt. ii, 13.
[>1*. lies. xiii. 337. An Essay on the Arian Order of Archi-
Crisp, John.—An Account of the In- tecture, as exhibited in the Temples
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Islands, lying off Sumatra. m Coins of Indian Buddhist Satraps, with
[As. lies, vi, 77. Greek Inscriptions. [JL xxiii (J7D.
Cruttenden, Lieut. O. J.—Note on the Memorandum on the Irawadi river,
Mijjcrthcyn Somaleen. [JL xiii. 311). with a monthly register of its rise
Cunningham, General Alexander. and fall from 1856 to 1858, and a
—Correction of a Mistnkc regarding measurement of its minimum dis-
some of the Roman Coins found iu charge. [JL xxix, 175.
the Tope at Manikyala opened by Remarks on the Bactro-Pali Inscrip-
M. Court. [Jl. iii, G35. tion from Taxila. [JL xxxii, 189,172.
Notice of some Counterfeit Bactriau Archaeological Survey Report for
Coins. [Jl ix, 393. 1861-62. [JL xxxii (Supp. No.), 1.
Notes on Captain Hay's Bactrian Note on the Bactro-Pali Inscription
Coins. [Jl. ix, 531. from Taxila. [Jj. xxxiii, 35.
Cunningham, General Alexander. Cunningham, Capt. J. D. (contd.)—

(contd.)—Remarks on the Date of the Notes on the Limits of Perpetual
Pehewa Inscription of Raja Bhoja. Snow in the Himalayas. [Jl. xviii,694.
[Jl. xxxiii, 223. On the Embankments of Rivers, and
On the Pehoa Inscription of Raja on the Nature of Overflowing Rivers
Bhoja. [Jl. xxxiii., 229. in Diluvial Plains. [Jl. xviii, 697.
Archaeological Survey Report for C u m i n , John.—A Catalogue of Stars
1863-64 [Jl. xxxiii (Supp. No.), 1 to be observed with the Moon in
On Antiquities of Bairat, etc. March and April, with the view of
[Proc. 1865, 97. determining the difference of longi-
Coins of the Nine Nagas, and of two tude of the places whereat they
other Dynasties of Narwar and may be observed. [Jl. iii, 94.
Gwalior. [Jl. xxxiv, pt. i, 115 Curran, R. H.—Note on Gold and Silver
Report of the Proceedings of the Pieces found under the skin of a
Archaeological Surveyor to the Gov- Burmese convict. [Proc. 1868. 115.
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of 1862-63. (Part II.) guages of India. [Proc. 1877, 6.
[Jl. xxxiv, pt.i, 155. On the Languages of the Indo-Chinese
Report of the Proceedings of the Peninsula and the Indian Archi-
Archaeological Surveyor to the Gov- pelago. [Proc. 1877, 205.
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1862-63. [JL xxxiv, pt. i, 195. DaCosta, Lewis.—On the Properties
Memorandum on the Operations of the ascribed in Native medical works to
Archaeological Survey for season the Acacia Arabica. [Jl. vi, 392.
1873-74. [Proc. 1874,108. Da Cunha, Dr.—On some Portuguese
Notes on the Gold Coins found in the Inscriptions discovered on the walls
Ahin Posh Tope. [Proc. 1879, 205. of the fort of Mombassa.
[Proc. 1875, 214.
Remarks on Bactrian and South Dagoberti Caroli de Daldorff Scara-
Indian Coins. [Proc. 1880,117. baeorum (i. e.. In sec to rum, quae sub
Letter on some Antiquities exhibited nomine Generis Superioris Scara-
at previous meetings. baeus militaverunt in Fabricii Ento-
[Proc. 1881, 138. mologia Systematica em : etauct:)
Note on Coin of Shams-ud-din Kaimurs. distributioin genera proxima, (idest
[Proc 1881,158. naturalia) divisioncs, subdivisioneR-
Relics from Ancient Persia in Gold, que. instruments cibariis, larvarum
Silver, and Copper. [Jl. 1, pt. i, 151. imaginumque; victu et oeconomia,
Note on Coin from Mahanada. aliisque insecti perfecti partibus
consultis, No. 1. [As. Jtr*. vii, 455.
[Proc. 1882,104.
Remarks on Coins from Toomluk. > Daji, Dr. B h a u . - O n Ancient Sanskrit
[Proc. 1882,113. Numerals. [Jl. xxxii, 161.
On a Gold Gupta Coin sent by Mr. H. Dall, R e v . C. H.—Remarks on the
Rivett-Carnac. [Proc. 1883, 144. Remeasurement of Mt. St. Elias
(Alaska). [Proc. 1876,1.
Relics from Ancient Persia, in Gold, Dall, W. H.—Extracts from a letter on
Silver, and Copper. the Operations of the U. S. Coast
[Jl. lii, pt. i, 64,258. Survey, 1874. [Proc. 1874, 245.
See Broome, Lt. A; Burt, Capt. v Dalton, Col. Ed. Tuite.—Report of a
T. S. 4 Visit to the Hills in the neighbour-
hood of the Soobanshiri river.
Cunningham, Oapt. J. D.—Notes on [Jl. xiv, 250.
Moorcroft's Travels in Ladakh and On the Meris and Abors of Assam. In
on Gerard's Account of Kuuawar, a letter to Mnjor Jenkins. [Jl. xiv.426.
including a general Description of Visit to Dewaugari. [Jl. xviii. 66.
the latter district. Earthquakes experienced in Assam in
[Jl. xiii, 172, 223. the latter end of Jan. 1849.
Notes on the .Antiquities of the Dis- [Jl. xviii, 173.
tricts within the Bhopal Agency, Notes on the " Mah&purushyas," a
&c. [Jl. xvi, 739. sect of Voishnavas in Asam
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<[Jl. xvii, pt. i, 305.
Dalton, Col. Ed. Tuite (mtitd.)— Das, Sarat Chandra.—()
Account of a Visit to the Jugloo and V.~The Lives of the Paiicbhen-
Seesee rivers in Upper Assam; to- Rin-pochhes or Tnsi Lamas.
gether with a Note on the Gold [Jl. Ii, pt. i, 15.
Fields of that Province, by Major VI.—Life and Legend of Tson
Hannay. [Jl. xxii, 511. Khapa (Lo-SBan-tajrpa), t h e
Notes on Assam Temple Ruins. Great Buddhist Reformer.
[Jl. xxiv. 1. [Jl. Ii., pt. i. 53.
Notes of a Tour made in 1863-64 in VII.—Rise and Progress of Bud-
the Tributary Mehals under the dhism in Mongolia (Hor).
Commissioner of Chota - Nagpore, [Jl. Ii, pt. i, 58.
Bonai, Gangpore, Odeypore and VIII. — Rise and Progress of
Sirgooja. [Jl. xxxiv, pt. ii, 1. Jin or Buddhism in China.
Notes on a Tour in Manbhoom in [Jl. Ii, pt. i, 87.
1864-65. [Jl. xxxv. pt. i, 186. IX.—Ancient China: its Sacred
The " Kols" of Chota-Nagpore. Literature. Philosophy a n d
[Jl. xxxv, pt. ii. Extra No., 153. Religion as known to the Tibe-
Brief Vocabulary of the Moon <1 ah tans. [Jl. Ii. pt i, 99.
and Cognate Languages of the Kola- X.—Life and Legend of Nagar-
rian type. juna [Jl. Ii, pt. i, 115.
[Jl. xxxv, pt. ii, Extra No., 266. XI.—Detached Notices of the dif-
Rude Stone Monuments in Chutia ferent Buddhist Schools of
Nag pur and other places Tibet. [Jl. Ii. pt. i, 121.
[Jl. xlii, pt. i, 112. Dashwood, T.—Abstract of a Meteoro-
Letter on a large Picture representing logical Register kept at Mozafferpur
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by Daiid Khan Aurangzib's General. Datta,Narasinha.—TheZafarndmah:
[Jl. xliii, pt. i, 240. a Dialogue between Aristotle and
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Ghdzi, with a Sketch of the con- Persian. [Jl. xx, 426.
tents of a Persian MS., entitled D a v i d s , T. W. Rhys.—The Conquest
" Ris&lat ush-Shuhada," found at of South India in the Twelfth Cen-
Kanta Dtidr, Rangptir. tury by Parakrama Bahu. the great
[Jl. xliii, pt. i, 215. King of Ceylon. [Jl xli. pt. i; 197.
Letter on Maniptiri Alphabet. Davidson, Major. — Note on the
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Notes on Manipuri Grammar. covery of Isinglass. [Jl. viii, 681.
[Jl. xliv, pt. i, 173. D a v i s , Samuel.—On the Astronomi-
Note on the Old Manipuri Character. cal Computations of the Hindus.
[Jl. xlvi, pt. i, 36. [As. ltex. ii. 225.
Barnes, M. Longworth.—A Grammar / On some Roman Coins found at Nelore.
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and Vocabulary of the Balochi Lan- • On the Indian Cycle of Sixty Years.
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[Jl. vi, 308. Dawe, William.—Memorandum of the
Daa, Sarat Chandra.—Contributions progress of sinking a Well in the
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I.—The Bon (Pon) Religion. Dawson, Rev. James.—List of Gondi
TT „ . [Jl- 1., pt. i, 187. Words and Phrases.
II.—Dispute between a Buddhist [Jl. xxxix. pt. i. 108.
and a Bonpo Priest for the pos- Additional Gondi Vocabulary.
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the Lake Manasa, Day, Dr. Francis.-Notes on the
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III.—Part I. Early History of Notes on the genus llara.
Tibet. [Jl. l, pt. i., 211. [Jl. xxxix, pt. ii, 37.
Part II. Tibet in the Middle On Hamilton - Buchanan's Original
Ages. [Jl. 1, pt. i, 235. Drawings of Fish in the library of
IV.—Rise and Progress of Bud- the Asiatic Society of Bengal.
dhism in Tibet. [Jl. Ii, pt. i, 1. [Proc. 1871, 195.
Day, Dr. Francis, (contd.)—Mono- Delmerick, J. G. (contd.)— ,

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[JL xl, pt. ii, 95. Kaimurs. [Proc. 1881, 157.
Monograph of Indian Cyprinidaj De Nice'ville, Lionel.—Description of
(Part II). [JL xl, pt. ii, 277. a new species of Butterfly belonging
Monograph of Indian CyprlmdcB to the genus Dodona
(Part III). [JL xl, pt. ii, 337. [Proc. 1881,121.
On the Identity of the Siluroid A List of Butterflies taken in Sikkim
genera M'cthixtes and llarg,. in October 1880,with Notes on habits,
[Prvc. 1872, 122. &c. [JL 1, pt. ii, 49.
Monograph of Indian Cyprinida Second List of Butterflies taken in
(Part IV). \_Jl. xli. pt. ii, 1. Sikkim in October 1882, with Notes
Monograph of Indian Cyprinidai on habits, &c. [Jl. Ii, pt. ii, 64.
(Part V). [JL xli, pt. ii, 171. Description of a new species of the
Notes on Fish collected by Dr. Sto- Rhopalocerous, genus Cyrextis, from
liczka in Kachh. [JL xli, pt. ii, 258. the Great Nicobar. [JL lii. pt. ii. 1.
Monograph of Indian Cyprinida On new and little-known lllwpalocera
(Part VI). [JL xli, pt. ii, 318. from the Indian Region.
Remarks on some Indian Fishes. [JL lii, pt. ii, 65.
[JL xliii, pt. ii, 31. Third List of Butterflies taken in
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exemplified in the Rocks and Shoals Sec Marshall, G. F. L . ; Wood-
lately removed from the bed of the Mason, J.
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Bones discovered therein. culus Strigirostris. or Tooth-Billed
[JL iv, 261. Pigeon of the Navigator Islands—
Notice of the Temple called Seo Byj- the nearest liviugally to the extinct
nauth (Siva Vaidyanatha) disco- Dodo.—Communicated.
vered on the 3rd December, 1834, [JL xxxiii,373.
on the Hill of Unchapahar, in the Depree, Oapt. G. C—On a Pali
Shekawati Territory. [JL iv, 36 J. Inscription [Proc 1866, 117.
On the Fossil Bones of the Jumna Desgodins Abbe.—On the Eastern
river. [JL iv. 495. Frontier of Thibet. [Proc. 1880,197.
De la Hoste, Captain E. P.—Memo- Set' Waterhouse, Major J.
randa respecting the existence of Des Granges, Baron Otto.—See
Copper in the territory of Luz near Granges, Baron Otto des.
Bela. [JL ix, 30. Diard and Duvaucel.—On the Sorex
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Kurrachee, Tatta, and Sehwan, Dias, J.—Daily Register of the Tides
Scinde. [JL ix. 907. at Singapore, from the 1st September
Delmerick, J. G.—Notes on Archaeolo- 1834 to the 31st August 1835, inclu-
gical Remains at Shahki Dheri, and sive. [-*!*• Rc* xix. pt- i» 201.
the Site of Taxila. Distant, W. L. — Description of a
[Jl. xxxix, pt. i, 89. new Homopterous Insect belonging
A History of the Gakk'hars. to the genus Coamoscarta.
[JL xl. pt. i, 67. [JL xlvii, pt. ii, 194.
Letter on a unique Tetradrachma of Hemiptera from Upper Tenasserim.
Plato the Illustrious, a new Bac- [JL xlviii, pt. ii. 37.
trian King. [Proc. 1872. 34. D'Mazure, Very Rev. Thomine.—
On Arabic and Persian Inscriptions Memorandum ou the Countries be-
from Sonpat. [Proc. 1873. 95. tween Thibet, Yunau and Burmah.
Note on a new Gold Coin of Mahmiid With Notes and a Comment by
Shah bin Muhammad Shah bin Lieut.-Col. H. Yule. [JL xxx. 367.
Tughluq Shah, of Dihli. Doab Canal, Description of the Regulat-
[JL xliii, pt. i, 97. ing Dam-Sluices of the. [JL i, 44.
Lists of Rare Muhammadan Coins.— Dobson, Dr. G. E. On new species of
No. I. Coins of the Kings of Dihli Malayan bats. [Proc. 1871.105.
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List of Rare Muhammadan Coins.— and Indo-Chinese Vespertilionida,
No. II. Coins of the Kings of Dihli, with Remarks on the synonymy and
Malwah, Bengal, Kulbarga, and classification of some other species
Kashmir. '[«//. xlv, pt. i, 291. of the same family. [Proc. 1871,210.
Dobson, Dr. G. E. (contd.)—On a D o u g l a s , J. O. (contd.)—Some Ob-
New Species of Vespertilio. servations on the Standing of Ani-
[Jl. xl, pt. ii, 186. mals, the Perching of Birds and the
Description of four new species of Walking Pace of Man.
Malayan Bats from the collection [Proc. 1881, 53.
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OnaNew Genus and Species of llhitio- the Taxila Inscription.
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species of Vesjwru*. and notes on Drummond, Capt. H.—Report on the
some other species of insectivorous Copper Mines of Kumaon.
bats from Persia. [Jl. xl, pt. ii, 455. [Jl. vii, 934.
Notes on the Asiatic Species of the On the Mines and Mineral Resources
genus Taphozous, Geoff. of Northern Afghanistan. [Jl. x. 74.
[Proc. 1872, 151. Drury, Capt.—Remarks on some lately
Notes on some Species of Chlroptera discovered Roman Gold Coins.
collected by W. Theobald, Esq., in [JL xx, 371.
Barniah. [Proc. 1872, 154. Duka, Dr.—On Knyahinya Meteorite.
Notes on some Bats collected by Gapt. [Proc. 1867,21.
W. G. Murray, in the N. W. Dunbar, Dr. W.—Discovery of Coal
Himalaya. IProe. 1872,208. in a new site. [Jl. x, 300.
On the Osteology of Triaenops persi- Duncan, Jonathan.—Historical Re-
cus. \_Jl. xli. pt. ii, 136. marks on the Coast of Malabar,
On the Osteology of some species of with some description of the Man-
Bats. [JL xli, pt. ii, 334. ners of its Inhabitants
Brief Descriptions of five new species [As. Res. v, 1.
of Rhinolophine Ba.ts. An Account of two Fakeers, with
[Jl. xli, pt. ii, 336. their Portraits [As. lies, v, 37.
Description of a new species of An Account of the Discovery of two
Moloums from Johore in the Malay Urns in the vicinity of Benares.
Peninsula. [Proc. 1873, 22.
On the Genera Murina and Jfarjjyio- [-,1*. lies, v, 131^
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On the Ptrrtyridte of India and its a Diary of a Journey over the great
Islands, with descriptions of new desert, from Aleppo to Bussora. in
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[Jl.. xlii, pt. ii, 194. Durand, Lieut. H. M.—Specimens of
Description of anew species of Vis- the Hippopotamus and other Fossil
jjcrtilio from the North-Western Genera of the Sub-Himalayas in
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List of Cliiroptera inhabiting the Duthoit, W. —On Muhammadan Silver
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new species. [Jl. xliii, pt. ii, 234. D u v a u c e l , A.—On the Black Deer of
Descriptions of new species of Chi- Bengal. [As. Res. xv, 157.
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[JL xliii, pt. ii, 237. See Diard.
Postscript to the List of Cliiroptera Dye-stuffs 4 Correspondence regard-
inhabiting the Khasia Hills. ing samples of, of Indian growth
[Proc. 1875, 85. d f T d o ^ S U k s
Notes on a Collection of Cliiroptera
from^ India and Burma, with E a r t h q u a k e felt in Sind. 28th October,
description of new species. 1870. Notice of an. [Proc. 1871, 56.
[Jl. xlvi, pt. ii. 310. Earthquake of the 2Gth Auprust. 1833.
D o u g l a s , J. C—The use of Silver Films [Jl. ii, 438.
in Improved Instruments of the Earthquakes in Assam, record of
Camera Lucida class. the occurrence of. during the years
[Proc. 1880, 73. 1874—80. [Jl- xlvi, pt. ii. 294;
Exhibition of Gower Bell Telephone. xlvii, pt. ii, 4 ; xlviii, pt.
[Proc. 1881,39. ii. 48; 1; pt. ii, Gl. .
The Phenomenon commonly called the Earthquake in tyurwut.
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East, Sir Edward Hyde.—Abstract Elliot, Walter—On Bos Gaurus.

of an Account containing the parti- [Jl. x, 579.
culars of a boring made near the Observations on the Language of the
river Hooghly. in the vicinity of Goands, and the identity of many
Calcutta, from May to July 1814, in- of its terms with words now in use
clusive, in search of a spring of in the Telugu, Tamil and Canarese.
pure water. [ As. Rex. xii, 542. [JLxvi, 1140.
Eastwick, Capt. J. B.—A Vocabulary
of the Sciudee Language. [JL xii, 1. Comparative List of Upanishads.
Economic Geology, Correspondence [JL xx, 607.
respecting the Society's Museum Elliott, H. M.—Reports upon His
of. [JL xi. 326. Majesty the King of Oude's Obser-
Edgewortn, M. P.—Register of the vatory at Lucknow. Communicated.
Weather at Futtehgurh (Lat. 27° 21' [JL xvii, pt. 1, 507.
N., Long. 79° 3' E.) from April
1832 to October 1833. [JL iii. 46. Elliott, J. B.—Note on an Inscription
Register of the Thermometer at Am- found near the Kesariah Mound, in
bala. for 1834. [JL iv, 405. Tirhut. [JL iv, 286.
Botanico-Agricultural Account of the Elmslie, Dr. W. J.—List of Words
Protected Sikh States. [JL vii, 751. and Phrases to be noted and used
Grammar and Vocabulary of the as test words for the discovery of
Cashmiri Language. [JL x, 1038. the radical affinities of languages
Note to the Botanico-Agricultural and for easy comparison, drawn up
Account of the Protected Sikh by Mr. Justice Campbell. Translated
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Observations on the Genus Spathium.
[JL xi, 145. Emmott, J.—Extracts from a Journal
A Couple of Hours1 Herborization at kept while visiting the Sapan
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Report on the Statistics of Banda. Erhardt, Rev.—Letter regarding so-
J • [JL xix, 89. called Wolf-children in the Secun-
* Catalogue of Plants found in the dra Orphanage. [Proc. 1873,155.
| Banda district, 1847—49. [JL xxi, 24.
V Catalogue of Plants found in the Euphrates, A general statement of
Banda district, 1847—49 [JL xxi, 151. the Labors and Proceedings of the
Abstract of a Journal kept by Mr. Expedition to the, under the com-
Gardiner during his travels in Cen- mand of Colonel Chesney.
tral Asia; with a Note and Intro- [Jl. v, 675.
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Description of Mohzarkhala in the a Mummy Head supposed to be
Kohistan of the Western Huzara, brought from Egypt by Lieutenant
extracted from the Journal of Mr. Archbold. [JL iv, 3*22.
A. Gardiner. [JL xxii, 383.
Notes on the Sources of the Abi Mai, Note on a Specimen of the Bos
or Amoo or Oxus, extracted from Gaurus. [JL vi, 223.
the Journal of Mr. E. Gardiner. Note on a Species of Arctonix from
r.77 ~~»" JQI A rrnnun. r.77 7--I9
Egerton, R. E.—Note on Earthquake Note on the New Zealand Caterpillar.
in Murwut. [Pnc. 1809, 163. [JL vii, 787.
Elephant, The Osteology of the. Note on the Dissection of the Arctonix
(From
v
India Sporting Review.) Collaris. or Sand Hog. [Jl. viii. 408.
[VZxiii
Evans, Lieut.—&?<?Keatinge, Lieut.
Eliot John.—Observations on the
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marie during a Publick Deputation [JL xvii, pt. i, 236.
in the years 1788 and 1789. V Everest, Captain G. — On the
[As. Res. iii. l". Formulas for calculating Azimuth
E l l i s , Francis.—Account of a Dis- in Trigonometrical Operations.
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the Ve*das, with Remarks on the On the Compensation Measuring
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Ellis, R. R. M.—On Recorded Solar trical Survey of India.
Eclipse. [Proc. 1867,172. [As. Res. xviii, pt. ii, 189.
Everest, Rev. Robert.—Memoran- Falconer, Dr. Hugh.—On the Aptitude
dum on the Fossil Shells discovered ./ v
of the Himalayan Range for the
in the Himalayan Mountains. Culture of the Tea Plant. [Jl. iii, 178.
[As. Res. xviii, pt. ii, 107. Note on the Occurrence of Fossil
Note on Indian Saline Deposits. Bones in the Sewalik Range, east-
[Jl.i, 149. ward of Hardwar. [Jl. vi, 233.
Some Observations on* the quantity On Additional Fossil Species of the
of earthy matter brought down by order Quadrumana from the Sewalik
the Ganges river. [Jl. i, 238. Hills. [Jl. vi, 354.
Remarks on a late Paper in the Asiatic Letter to the Secretary of the Asiatic
Journal on the Gypsum of the Hi- Society on the Cataclysm of the •
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[As. Res. xviii, pt. ii, 107 Falconer, Dr. Hugh ; and Cautley,
Some Additional Observations on the Capt. P. T.
quantity of earthy matter brought Sivatherium Giganteum, a new Fos-
down by the Ganges, its depth and sil Ruminant Genus from the valley
velocity, made during the rainy of the Markanda, in the Sivalik
season of 1832, at Gharjpur. Branch of the Sub-Himalayan
[Jl. i, 549. Mountains. [As. lies. xix. pt. i, 1.
Some Geological Remarks made in the Note on the Fossil Hippopotamus of
country between Mirzapiir and the Sivalik Hills.
Sagar, and from Sagar northwards [As. Res. xix, pt. i, 39.
to the Jamna. \_Jl. ii, 475. Note on the Fossil Camel of the Si-
On the Climate of the Fossil Elephant. valik Hills. [As. Res. xix, pt. i, 115
[Jl. iii, 18. Note on the Felis Cristata, a new Fos-
On the Influence of the Moon on sil Tiger from the Sivalik Hills.
Atmospherical Phenomena. [ As. Res. xix, pt. i, 135.
[Jl. iii, 345. Sivatherium Giganteum, a new Fossil
Further notice of the Influence of the Ruminant Genus from the valley of
Moon on Atmospherical Pheno- the Markanda in the Sivalik Branch
mena. [Jl. iii. 031. of the Sub-Himalayan Mountains
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as affected by the Declination of the See Cautley, Capt. P. T.
Moon. [Jl. iv, 207. F a r q u h a r , Major W.—Account of a
On the Temperture of Deep Wells to new species of Tapir found in the
the West of the Jamna. [Jl. iv. 229. Peninsula of Malacca.
Comparison of the Heights of the [As. Res. xiii, 417.
Barometer, with the distance of the Fasson, J. H.—A Report on a Whirl-
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Geological Observations made in a March. [Proc. 1875, 103.
Journey from Mussooree (Masiirf) Fattapoer and Sjatterapoer, Note
to Gungotree (Gangautri). on the (probable) identity of, in
[Jl. iv, 690. Van den Broucke's Map of Ben-
On the Revolution of the Seasons. gal, with Fathpur and Jatrapur, in
[Jl. v. 281. the Jessore District. [Proc. 1874,19.
Continuation of a Paper (Journal, Fayrer, Dr. J.—On proposed Ethnolo-
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Barometer as affected by the posi-
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[Jl. vi. 303; vii.192. Remarks on Shells found at Kathia-
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Contributions towards the knowledge
J of the Indian Fossil Flora. On
Ewer, Walter.—An Account of the * some Fossil Plants from the Dumii-
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of Rats and Mice in the Dakhan VA Sketch of the History of the Fos-
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with remarks by H. H. Wilson. of a Tour through the Island of
[As. lies. xv. 436. Rambree, with a Geological Sketch
Fenwick, Capt.—Journal of a pas- of the Country and Brief Account
sage down the Nerbudda, from of the Customs, &c, of its inhabit-
Chikuldah to Baroach. with notices ants. . [JL iv, 82.
of the most important obstructions Journal of a Tour through the Island
to the Navigation. [JL xviii, 461. of Rambree (Ramrf; Sans. Ra-
Journey of the Passage from the mavati), on the Arracan Coast.
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[JL xvii, pt. ii, 210. Notes on the Geology. &c., of the
Ferrar, M. L.—Letter regarding the Country in the neighbourhood of
Birthplace of Todar Mall. Maulamyeng (vulg. Moulmein).
[Proc. 1871, 178. [JL v, 269.
Letter on further particulars regard- Note on a Remnant of the Hun Na-
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[Proc. 1872, 35. Fontana, Nicolas.—On the Nicobar
Finnis, Lieut. John.—A Summary Isles and the Fruit of the Mellori.
Description of the Geology of the [-4*. lies, iii, 149.
country between Hoshungabad on Forbes, Capt. J.—Notes on the Bud-
the Nerbudda. and Nagpoor, by the dhas from Ceylonese Authorities,
direction of Baitool. [JL iii, 71. with an attempt to fix the dates of
Firuz Shah Zafar. son of Ffriiz Shah the appearance of the last four;
of Delhi, Note on a Gold Coin bear- being those of the Maha Bhadra
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[JL xl. pt. i, 160. Forbes, L. R.—Letter regarding the
Fisher. F. H.—Geological Sketch of Mughul Invasions of Palamau.
Masiirf and Landour. in the Hima- [JL xl, pt. i, 129.
laya ; together with an abstract of Ford, Major.—Report on Barren
the Thermometrical Register kept at Island. [Profl. 18GG, 212.
Landour during the year 1831. Forlong, Capt. J. G.—See Fraser,
[JL i, 193. Capt. Alex.
Fisher, Capt.—Memoir of Sylhet. Ka- Forrest, R. E.—On Rock Inscriptions
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[JL ix, 808. Foster. J. M.—Note on Ghargaon,
Fleming, Dr. John. — A Catalogue Asam. [Jl. xli, pt. i, 32.
of Indian Medical Plants and The Temple of Jaysagar, Upper
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Hindustani and Sanscrit langu- Foulkes, Rev. Thomas. — Extracts
ages. [As. lies, xi, 153. from letters regardiug three sets of
Flemming, Dr. Andrew.—Report on Copper Sasanams discovered in the
the Salt Rauge, and on its Coal and Vizagapatam district.
other Minerals. [JL xvii, pt. ii. 600. [JL xxxix,pt. i. 153.
Diary of a Trip to Pind Dadun Khan Fowke, Francis.—On the Vina, or
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Report on the Geological Structure Franklin, Capt. James. — On the
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[JL xxii, 229. 333, 444. tricts of Sagar and Jebelpur.
Notes on the Iron Ore of Korana in [As. Ittis. xviii, pt. i, 23.
the Jetch Dooab of the Punjab, On the Diamond Mines of Panna in
with a qualitative analysisx x iof the Bundelkhand.
same. [•"• i i - y2« [>1*. lies, xviii, pt. i, 100.
Floyd, J. — Account of the Hur- Franklin, Lieut. William. — An
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April. 1838. [«//• vii, 422. Delhi. [As. lies, iv, 419.
Foley, Oapt. Win. — Journal of a Fraser, Capt. Alex.; and Forlong,
Tour through the Island of Ram- Capt. J. G-.—Report on a Route
bree. with a Geological Sketch of from the mouth of the Pakchan to
the Country, and Brief Account of Krau, and thence across the Isthmus
the Customs, &c.} of its Inhabitants. of Krau to the Gulf of Siam.
[JL iv, 20. [JL xxxi, 347.
Fraser, James B. — Account of a Gardiner.—Srr Edgeworth, M. P.
Journey to the Sources of the Jum- Gauja Agrahar and Koppa Gadde
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Fraser, Hugh—Further particulars Geddes, Surgeon W.—On the Cli-
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[Proc. 1878. 11)0.
Folklore from Eastern Gorakhpur Gerard, Lieut. A.—Narrative of a
(N.W.P.). [•/*. Hi. pt. i, 1. Journey from Soobathoo to Shipke,
Fraser, O. L. — Note on the Occur- in Chinese Tartary. [Jl. xi, 363.
rence of a partially ossified Nasal Gerard, Dr. J. G.—Observations on the
Septum in Rhinoceros So nil awns. Spiti Valley and circumjacent
[Jl. xliii. pt. ii, 10. country within the Himalaya.
Freeling, George H. •- Coin Collec- [-4*. Res. xviii, pt. ii, 238.
tions lost during the Rebellion. Memoir on the Topes and Antiquities
[JL xxvii, 169. of Afghanistan. [Jl. iii, 321.
Account of Pergunnah Mahoba, Zillah See Burnes, Lieut. A.
Humeerpore, Bundelcund Gerard, Capt. Patrick—Observations
[JL xxviii, 369. on the Climate of Subathu and
Fryer, Col. G. E. — A Contribution Kotgerh. [As. Res. xv. 469.
to our knowledge of Pelagic Mol-
lusca. [Jl. xxxviii. pt. ii. 259. Abstract of a Meteorological Journal
On Burmese Celts. [Proc. 1872, 46. kept at Kotgarh (Lat. 31° 11' 45"
Note on an Arakanese Coin. N. Long. 77° 27' 49" E.), Subathu,
[Jl. xli, pt. i, 201. and the intermediate places in the
On the Khyeng People of the Sando- Himalaya Mountains for 1819-20.
way district, Arakan. [Jl. ii, 615.
[JL xliv, pt. i, 39. A Vocabulary of the Koonawur Lan-
Pali Studies.—No. 1. Analysis and guages. [Jl. xi, 479.
Text of the Subodhalankara, or A general Statement of the Weather
• Easy Rhetoric,' by Sangharakkhita at Kotgurh and Soobathoo. for
Thera. [JL xliv, pt. i, 91. 1819-20-21, [JLxii, 749.
Pali Studies.—No. 2, Vuttodaya (Ex- Ghosha, Pr atapachandra.—The* Ad-
position of Metre), by Sangharak- justment of the Hindoo Calendar.
khita Thera. \Jl. xlvi, pt. i, 369. [JL xxxvii, pt. ii, 181.
Letter on the Pali Language, being Text and Translation of a Bulandsha-
the original language. har Inscription. [JL xxxviii, pt i, 21.
[Proc 1879,155. Remarks on Jayanti Coins, presented
Letter forwarding copies of two by Mr. Belletty. [Proc. 1870, 260.
Buddhist Inscriptions. Notes on Vernacular Lexicography.
[Pro*. 1879.201. [Jl. xxxix, pt. i. 131.
Note on the Pali Grammarian Kach- The Vastu Yaga and its bearing
chayaua. [Proc 1882, 119. upon Tree and Serpent Worship in
Fuller, Major A. R. — Translations India. [JL xxxix. pt i, 199.
from the Tarikh i Firuz Shahi. Notes on, and Translation of, two
[JL xxxviii, pt. ix 18 j xxxix, pt. i. 1. Copper-plate Inscriptions from Ba-
Fulljames, Lieut. George.—Section maughati. ^ [JL xl, pt. i, 161.
of the Strata passed through in an Note on several Asam Coins.
experimeutal boring at the town of
Gogah. on the Gujerat Peninsula, [Proc. 1872, 2.
Gulph of Cainbay. [Jl. vi, 786. Transcript of the Pala Inscription
Note on the blauk and brown Flo- of the Buddal Pillar, Dfnajpiir. by
riken of Guzerat. [JL vi, 789. Pandit Harachandra Chakravartf.
Sea Hugel, Baron. With an annotated translation.
Furdoonjee, Nowrozgee.—See Now- [Jl. xliii, pt. i. 356.
royjee Furdoonjee. Notes on. and Translation of, three
Fytche, Colonel A. — Papers rela- Copper-plate Inscriptions from
ting to the Aborigines of the Anda- Sumbalpur. [JL xlvi, pt. i, 173.
man Islands, communicated by the Gibbs, Hon. James.—Exhibition of a
Govt. of India. [JL xxx, 251. Gold Ramtinki. [Proc. 1882. 47.
On the Panthays of Yunan. Note on Coins of the Andhrabhritya
IProc. 1867,176. Dynasty. ' [Proc. 1882,68.
Gibbs, Hon. J a m e s (contd.)— Godwin-Austen, Lt.-Col. H. H.

Exhibition of a Drawing and Estamp- (roHtd.)—Notes to accompany a
age of two enormous Gold Coins. Geological Map of a portion of the
[Proe. 1883, 3. Ehasi Hills near Longitude 91° E.
Exhibition of some rare Muhamma- [JL xxxviii, pt. ii, 1.
dan Coins. [Proe. 1883, 4. Notes from Asaaloo. North Cachar, on
Exhibition of some Gold Ramtinkis, the great earthquake. January 10tht
and note thereon. \_Proc. 1883, 76. 1869. [iVfW.1869,91.
Gilchrist, John. — Account of the Notes on the Geology and Physical
Hindustanee Horometry. Features of the Jaintia Hills.
[JL xxxviii, pt. ii, 151.
[As. Res. v, 81. Descriptions of New Species of Di-
Gill, Major.—Extracts from Notes on plommatince from the Khasi Hills.
Hemadpauti Temples, &c., made [JL xxxix. pt. ii, 1.
during a tour through a portion of A List of Bfrds obtained in the Khasi
West Berar in 1868, 1869 and in and North Cachar Hills.
May, 1871. [Proe. 1873, 66. [JL xxxix, pt. ii, 91.
Girdlestone, G. E. R.—Letter for-' Second List of Birds obtained in the
warding a copy of the plan of Khasi and North Cachar Hill
encampment used at the Installa- ranges, including the Garo Hills
tion of the Dalai Lama. and country at their base in the
[Proe. 1879, 275. Mymensing and Sylhet districts.
On Medal sent by Mr. Gennoe. [JL xxxix, pt. ii, 264.
[Proe. 1880,172. Descriptions of the Species of Aly-
caince. kuown to inhabit the Khasi
Giuseppe, Father.—An Account of Hill ranges. [JL xl, pt. ii, 87.
the Kingdom of Nepal. Third List of Birds obtained in the
[As. Res. ii, 307. Khasi and Garo Hill ranges, with
Glasfurd, Gapt. C.—Extract from a Borne corrections and additions to
Report of the Dependency of the former lists. [JL xli, pt. ii. 142.
Bustar. [Jl. xxxiii, 44. On the Ruins at Dimapiir on the Dun-
Glasfurd, Lieut. John.—Report on siri river, Asam. [JL xliii, pt. i, 1.
the Progress made up to the 1st May Descriptions of New Species of Mol-
1839, in opening the experimental lusca of the genera Helix and Gles-
Copper Mine in Kumaon. sula from the Khasi Hills and Mani-
[JL viii. 471. pur. [JL xliii. pt. ii, 1.
Godwin-Austen, Lt.-Col. H. H.— Descriptions of four New Species of
On the System employed in Out- Mollusca belonging to the family
lining the Figures of Deities and Zonitidce from the N. E. Frontier of
other Religious Drawings, as prac- Bengal, with drawings of HeUcav'ion
tised in Ladak, Zaskar. &c. giyax, Benson, and of a variety of
\_Jl. xxxiii, 151. the same. [JL xliii. pt. ii, 4.
Description of a Mystic Play, as per- Descriptions of New Operculated
formed in Ladak. Zaskar. &c. Landshells belonging to the genera
Craxpedotroi>is% Alycccus. and 2W-
[JL xxxiv, pt. i. 71. plommatinfc, from the Naga Hills
Notes on the Sandstone Formation, and Assam. . [JL xliii, pt. ii, 7.
&c, near Buxa Fort, Bhootan Doo- Notes on the Geology of part of the
ars. \_Jl. xxxiv, pt. ii, 106 Dana Hills, Assam; lately visited
A Vocabulary of English, Balti and by the Force under Brigadier-Gene-
Kashmiri. [JL xxxv, pt. i, 233. ral Stafford. [Jl. xliii, pt. ii, 35.
Notes on the Pangong-lake, district of Descriptions of nine Species of Aly-
Ladakh, from journal made in 1863. vteiiice from Assam and the Naga
[JL xxxvii. pt. ii, 84. Hills. [JL xliii, pt. ii, 145.
Figures of the species of Viplomma- Fourth List of Birds principally from
Una Benson, hitherto described as the Naga Hills and Munipur. includ-
inhabiting the Himalayas, Khusi ing others from the Khasi, Garo, and
Hills and Burmah, etc. Tipperah Hills. [JL xliii, pt. ii, 161.
[JL xxxvii, pt. ii, 83. Exhibition of a Celt found at Shillong.
Notes on Geological Features of the [Proe. 1875, 158.
country near foot of hills in the The Evidence of past Glacial Action
Western Bhootan Dooars. in the Naga Hills. Assam.
[•f/.'xxxvii, pt, ii, 117. [JL xliv, pt. ii, 209.
PART I.] Appendix T). 137
Godwin-Austen, Lt.-Col. H. H. Gordon, G. J.—Memorandum of an
(cnntd.)—List of the Birds collected Excursion to the Tea Hills which
on the Expedition into the Dafla produce the description of Tea
Hills. Assam: together with those known in commerce under the
obtained in the adjacent Darrang designation of Ankoy Tea.
Terai. [«/*. xlv. pt. ii. 64. [Jl. iv, 95.
On the Cyclostotnacea of the Dafla Journal of an attempted Ascent of the
Hills. Assam. ^ [JL xlv, pt. ii. 171. river Min, to visit the Tea Planta-
Remarks on Himalayan Glaciation. tions of the Fuhkin Province of
[Pror. 1877, 4. China. [Jl. iv. 563.
Some Notes on the Genera Pcllorneum Gowan, Capt. W. E.—Geographical
and Pomatorhlnnx, with a descrip- information regarding the Kirghiz
tion of a variety of Chleuasitnts Steppes and Country of Turkistan
ruficeps, Blyth. [Proc. 1877. 140. afforded by the Book of the Great
Descriptions of three 0w Species of Survey. Translated from the
Birds of the Genera Pellorneinn, Russian. [Proc. 1879, 222.
Aet'mura, and Pematorhinus ; lately Graham, Capt.—Report on the Agri-
collected in the neighbourhood of cultural and Land Produce of Shoa.
Saddya. Assam, by Mr. M. J. Ogle, [Jl. xiii, 253.
of the Topographical Survey. Report on the Manners, Customs and
[JL xlvi, pt. ii. 43. Superstitions of the people of Shoa,
Sixth List of Birds from the Hill and on the History of the Abyssinian
Ranges of the North-East Frontier Church. [Jl. xii. 625.
of India. [JL xlvii, pt. ii. 12. Grange, E. R.—Extracts from the
On new species of the Genus Plecto- Narrative of an Expedition into the
pylis of the Family lhliculai. Naga Territory of Assam.
[JL xlviii. pt. ii, 1. [JL viii, 445.
Notes on. and Drawings of, the Animals Grange, Lieut. — Extracts from the
of various Indian Land Mollusca Journal of an Expedition into the
(PulMonifem). [Jl. xlix. pt. ii, 151. Naga Hills on the Assam Frontier.
Notes on. and Drawings of. the Animals [Jl. ix. 947.
of various Indian Land Mollusca Granges, Baron Otto des.—Short
(Pulmojiifura). [Jl. Ii. pt. ii, 08. Survey of the Countries between
Gold Dusfc from the Sand of the Bengal and China, showing the
Ningthee River, on the frontier of great Commercial and Political im-
Manipur, Mode of extracting the. portance of the Burmese town of
[Jl. i, 148. Bhanmo. on the Upper Irawady. and
Goldingham, J.—Some Account of the the practicability of a direct trade
Cave in the Island of Elephanta. overland between Calcutta and
[-d*. lit*, iv, 409. China. " [JL xvii, pt. i. 132.
Some Account of the Sculptures at Grant, Capt. F. T.—Progress of the
Mahabalipoorum usually called the Boring for Coal at Jamutra in
Seven Pagodas. [Ax. Ifos. v, 09. Cutch. [JL iii, 40.
Golubief, Capt.—Observations on the Extract from a Journal kept by Cap-
Astronomical Points determined by tain F. T. Grant, of the Manipur
the brothers Schlagintweit in Cen- Levy, during" a Tour of Inspection
tral Asia. [//. xxxv. pt. ii, 40. of the Manipur Frontier, along the
Goodwyn, Major Henry.—Memoir on course of the Ningthee river, &c,
the application of Asphaltic Mastic in January, 1832. [JL iii, 124.
to Flooring, Roofing, and Hydraulic
works in India. [Jl. xii, 534. Grant, Capt. P. W. — On a new
A Resultant System for the Construc- Mefctifcd of determining the Longi-
tion of Iron Tension Bridges. tude, from the observed Interval
[Jl. xvii, pt. ii, 412. between the Transit of the Moon's
Enlightened Limb, and that of the
Goojrat District in 1858, Table of Sun. or of one or more Stars.
the Coins of former Governments [As. lies, vi, 235.
more or less current in the Bazars
of the. [Jl. xxxiii, 434. Gray, J. J.—On a simple Method of
Gordon, Dr. O. A.—Report on the Dust Manipulation in the Calotype pro-
Whirlwinds of the Punjab. cess. [JL xxiv, 287.
[Jl. xxiii, 304. Greenlaw, C. B.—Note to accompany
Notes on the Topography of Murree a Map of the Isle St. Martin's.
IJl. xxiii, 4C1. " [JL xi, 3CD.
k
Grierson, G-eorge A.—Are Kalidasa's Grote, Arthur.—A Memoir of the late
Heroes monogamists ? Mr. Ed. Blyth, C.M.Z.S., and Hon.
[JL xlvi, pt. i, 39. Member, Asiatic Soc. of Bengal.
Notes on the Rangpur Dialect. [JL xliv. pt. ii, Extra No., iii.
[JL xlvi, pt. i, 186. Growse, F. S.—Some Objections to
On the Rungpuri Genitive. the Modern Style of Official Hindus-
[Proc. 1878, 64. tani. [JL xxxv, pt. i, 172.
The Song of Manik Chandra. On the Transliteration of Indian
[Jl. xlvii, pt. i, 136. Alphabets in Roman Characters.
Some Further Notes on Kalidasa. [JL xxxvi. pt. i, 136.
[Jl. xlviii. pt. i, 32.
An Introduction to the Maithili On the village of Paindhat, Mainpuri.
Language of NorthBihar, contain- [Proc. 1868, 62.
ing a Grammar, Chrestomathy and Further Notes on the Prithirajrayasa.
Vocabulary, Part I. W [JL xxx viii, pt. i, 1.
[JL xlix, pt. i, Extra No., 1; The Poems of Chand Barclay.
Manbodh's Haribans. [JL li, pt. i. 129. [JL xxxvii, pt. i, 119,
An Introduction to the Maithili Translations from Chand.
Language of North Bihar contain-
ing a Grammar, Chrestomathy and [JL xxxviii, pt. i, 161.
Vocabulary, Part II. Rejoinder to Mr. Beames.
[Jl. li, pt. i, Extra No., 1. [JL xxxix, pt. i, 52.
Essays on Bihari Declension and Con- The Country of Braj.
jugation. [JL lii. pt. i, 119. [JL xl, pt. i, 34.
Griffith, R. T. H.—Indian Idylls, No. I. The Tfrthas of Vrinda-vana and
[JL xxx, 110. Gokula [JL xli, pt. i, 313.
Griffith, Dr. "William. — Description Note on the Proportion of the Muham-
of two genera of the Family of madan and Hindu Population of
Hamamelidae, two species of Patios- the village of Dotana near Mathura.
teuton and one species of Kaitlfuxsia. [Proc. 1873,81.
[As. lies. xix. pt. i. 94. A Metrical Version of the opening
Description of some Grasses which Stanzas of Chand's Prithiraj Rasau,
form part of the vegetation in the [JL xHi. pt. i, 329.
Jheels of the district of Sylhet. The Etymology of Local Names in
[Jl. v, 570. Northern India, as exemplified in
the district of Mathura.
Some Remarks on the Development of [JL xliii, pt. i, 324.
Pollen. [JL v, 732. Supposed Greek Sculpture at Mathura.
Remarks on a Collection of Plants [JL xliv, pt. i. 212.
made at Sadiya, Upper Assam, from The Prologue to the Ramayana of
April to September, 1836. [JL v. 806. Tulsi Das. A specimen translation.
Journal of a Visit to the Mishmee [JL xlv. pt. i, 1.
Hills in Assam. [JL vi, 325. Sri Swamf Hari Das of Brindaban.
Report on the Caoutchouc Tree of [.//. xlv, pt. i, 312.
Assam. [JL vii, 132. Mathura Notes. [Jl. xlvii, pt. i, 97.
The Sect of the Pran-nathis.
Journal of the Mission which visited [JL xlviii. pt. i, 171.
Bootan. in 1837-38, under Captain Bulandshahr Antiquities. With a Note
R. Boileau Pemberton. by Dr. Rajendralala Mitra.
[JL viii, 208, 251. [.//. xlviii, pt. i, 270.
Extracts from a Report ot subjects Note on a Photograph of a Buddhist
connected with Afghanistan. Sculpture found at Bulandshahr.
[Proc. 1881, 112.
Tables of Barometrical and Thermo- Note on some Curiosities found at
metrical Observations, made in Bulandshahr. [Proc. 1881, 113.
Affghaniatan, Upper Scinde and On a Wax Impression of an old Seal
Kutch Gundava, during the years of baked clay found at Bulandshahr.
• 1839-40. [Jl- *i, 49. [Proc. 1881.120.
Some Account of the Botanical Collec- Note on the word '• Nuthar," or
tion brought from the eastward " Nisar." [Proc. 1883, 99.
in 1841, by Dr. Cantor. The Town of Bulandshahr.
[Jl. xxiii, 623. [JL lii, pt. i, 270.
PART 1.1 Appendix D. 139
GuTbbins, Charles.—Mode of Manu- Hall, Dr. Fitz-Edward (contd.)—Ot
facture of the Salumba Salt of two Land-grants, issued by king
Upper India. [JL vii, 363. Hastin, bearing date in the years
Daily Register of Temperature dur- 156 and 163 after the Subversion of
ing a part of 1850, at Meeruth, in the Guptas. [JL xxx. 1.
the Upper Doab. [JL xxi, 562a. The Inscriptions of Erikaina, now
Notes on the Ruins at Maliabalipuram Eran, re-deciphered and re-trans-
on the Coromandel Coast. lated. IJL xxx, 14
' [JL xxii, 656. Note on Budhagupta. [JL xxx. 139
Gurdyal Singh Sirdar.—Memoran- A Donative Inscription of the Tenth
dum on the Superstitions connected Century ; the Sauskrit Original and
with Child-birth, and precautions its Substance in English: with
taken and rites performed on the Remarks on the later Kings of
occasion of the birtl^ of a child Dhara in Malava. [JL xxx, 195.
among the Jats of Hoshijarpur in Decipherment of an Inscription from
the Panjab. [JL lii, pt. i, 205. Chedi. with a brief Statement of
the Historical and other Indications
Haidinger, Dr. W. — Report on the therefrom derived. [JL xxx, 317.
Shalka, Futtehpore, Pegu, Assam, Letter to the Secretary of the Asiatio
and Segowlee Meteorites sent from Society of Bengal, on some Recent
the Asiatic Society of Bengal (Cal- Statements touching certain of the
cutta) to the Imperial Museum of Gupta Kings and others.
. Yienna. [JL xxx, 129. [JL xxx, 383.
Haines, Gapt. S. B. — Ancient In- Vestiges' of Three Royal Lines of
scription found at Aden. Kanyakubja, or Kanouj; with Indi-
[Jl. xi, 958. cations of its Literature. [Jl. xxxi. 1.
Three Sanskrit Inscriptions: Copies
Haldar, Rakhal Das.—On Temples of the Originals, and Prefatory
near the Barakar river Observations. [JL xxxi, 111.
[Proa. 1866, 73. Havana's Commentary on the Rig
Notes on a Copper-plate Inscription in Veda. * [JL xxxi, 129.
the possession of certain Kols. Notes on the Eran Inscription, being
[Proc. 1869. 203. extracts from a letter to the Editor.
An Introduction to the Mundarf [JL xxxiv, pt. i, 38.
Language. [JL xl, pt. i. 46. Halstead, Ed. P. — Report on the
Notes on three Inscriptions on stone Island of Chedooba. [JL x, 349.
found in Chutia N&gptir. Report on the Island of Chedooba.
[Jl. xl, pt. i, 108. [JL x, 4 IS.
Hall, Dr. Fitz-Edward.—Hindi and Hamilton, Lieut. Charles.—A Des-
Urdu-Hindi Tazkiras. cription of the Mahwah Tree.
[Jl. xvii, pt. i, 541. [Ax. Ilr*. i, 300.
A Passage in the life of Valmiki. Hamilton, G\—A short Description of
[.//. xxiii, 494. Caruicobar. [Ax. lies, ii, 337.
Of two Edicts bestowing Land, Hamilton, R. N. C—Note on the
recorded on plates of copper. Transport of Coal from the pits at
[«//. xxvii. 217. Sonadeh to Bombay, by the Ner-
A few Remarks on the first Fasciculus budda. [JL xviii, 594.
of Professor Wilson's Sanskrit Die- Hamilton, Sir R.—Table of Heights
tionary. as «• extended and im- and Distances along the proposed
proved" by Dr. Goldstucker. line of Railway from Surat to Agra.
. [JL xxvii, 301. [.//. xxv, 221.
Decipherment of a Sanskrit Inscrip- Hammer, Baron Joseph Von.—
tion dated iu the fourteenth cen- Extracts from the Mohit. that is the
tury, with a translation and notes. Ocean, a Turkish Work on Naviga-
[JL xxviii. 1. tion in the Indian Seas. [JL iii. 545 ;
Fragments of three early Hindu v. 441; vi. 805 ; vii. 767 ; viii, 823.
Dramatists, Bhasa, Ramila, and Hannay, Lieut.-Col. S. F.—Further
Somila. [JL xxviii 28. information on the Gold Washings
The S'ri-stikta, or Litany to Fortune; of Assam. [JL vii. 625.
text and commentary with transla- A Short Account of the Moa Morah
tion. [JL xxviii, 121. Sect, and of the Country at present
Two Letters on Indian Inscriptions. occupied by the>Bor Senaputtee.
IJL xxix, 18. [.//.vii, 671.
Hannay, Lieut.-Col. S. F. (rontd.) Hardwicke, Major-Genl. Thomas

—Memoranda of Earthquakes and (j'ontiL)— Description of a Zoophyte
other remarkable Occurrences in commonly found about the coasts
Upper Assam, from January 18.')!) of Singapore Island.
to September 1843. [«//. xii, 907. [As. lies, xiv, 180.
On the Assam Petroleum Beds. Description of a substance called
[JL xiv, 817. Gez. or Manna, and the Insect pro-
Notes on Ancient Temples and other ducing it [As. lies. xiv. 182.
Remains in the vicinity of Suddyah, Narrative of a Journey to Sirinagur.
Upper Assam. \JL xvii, pt. i, 459. lAs. lies, vi, 309.
Brief Notice of the Sil Hako or stone Harington, John Herbert.—A Des-
bridge in Zillah Eamriip. cription of a Cave near Gya.
[JL xx, 291. |>1*. lies, i, 276.
Notes on the Iron Ore Statistics and The Plan of a Common-Place Book.
Economic Geology of Upper Assam. [As. lies, iii, 249.
[JL xxv, 330. Remarks upon the Authorities of
Sse DALTON, COL. E. T.; PEMBER- Mosul man Law. [As. lies, x, 475.
TOX, CAPT. R. B. Harishchandra. — Extracts from a
Hannyngton, Major J. C—Barome- letter on a new Hindi Book—Dristo-
trical Observations taken to ascer- kuta of Sur Das. [Pror. 1879, 5.
tain the Altitude of the Station of Harman, Lieut. H. J.—On the Opera-
Purulia, in the Ramghur district. tions for obtaining the Discbarges
[JL xii, 226. of the large Rivers in Upper Assam,
Comparative Tables of the Law of during Season 1877-78.
Mortality, the Expectation of Life, [Jl. xlviii. pt. ii. 4,
and the Values of Annuities in Harris, Gaptn. J. C—Notes on the
India and England. [JL xii, 1057. Rainfall in the Basin of the river
Note on a Method of determining the Mahanuddy and the Floods conse-
Neutral Point of Barometers hav- quent thereupon. [JL xxx, 216.
ing small circular cisterns. Hart, Capt. N. —Some Account of a
IJL xvii. pt. i, G33. Journey from Kurrachee to Hinglaj,
Tables of Mortality according to the in the Lus territory, descriptive of
experience of the Bengal Civil the intermediate country, and of
Service, with the values of Annui- the port of Soumeanee. [JL ix, 134.
ties, Assurances, &c. [JL xix, 250. Letter from Capt. Hart, forwarding
Tables for determining Heights by a Map of the Route to Hinglaj.
the Barometer. [JL xix, 394. [JL ix, 615.
Hardie, James. — Remarks on the General Notice of the tribe of Kujjuk-
Gtology of the Country on the zyes (Upper Sinde). [JL ix. 1214.
Route from Baroda to Udayapur, Note on the Brahooees. [JL x, 136.
via Birpur and Salambhar. Haughton, Col. J. C. — Memoran-
[.,1*. lies, xviii, pt. i, 82. dum on the Geological Structure
Sketch of the Geology of Central and Mineral Resources of the
India, exclusive of Malwa. Singhbhoom Division, South-West
[As. lies, xviii, pt. ii, 27. Frontier Agency. [JL xxiii, 103.
Explanation of the Sketch giving a Account of a Meteor in Cooch Behar,
Geological Section of the Strata April 30th. 1869. [Pror. 1866, 169.
from Nimach to Merta, published Hay, Capt. W. C —Account of Coins
in the Asiatic Researches. Vol. found at Bameean. [JL ix, (18.
XVIII, page 92. [JL iii, 238. Notes on the Wild Sheep of the
Harding, Chas. — Memorandum on Hindoo Koosh, and a species of
the diurnal Variation of Atmos- Cicada. [Jl. ix. 440.
pheric Pressure at the Sandheads. Fossil Shells discovered by Capt. Hoy.
With a Prefatory Note by Henry [JL ix, 1126.
F. Blanford [JL xlvi, pt. ii. 339. Note on a Bird, Native of the Eastern
Hardwicke, Major-Genl. Thomas. Islands, uudescribed (?). [JL x, 57:*.
—Description of species of Meloe, Report on the Valley of Spiti; and
an insect of the 1st or Coleopterous facts collected with a view to a
order in the Liunean system : found future Revenue Settlement.
in all parts of Bengal. Behar and [JL xix, 429.
Oudh, and possessing all the proper Heatly, S. G-. Tollemache.—On the
ties of the Spanish Blistering Fly or Theory of Angular Geometry.
Meioii vericatorius. [As. lies, v, 213. [JL xi, 23
H e a t l y , S. G. Tollemaclie (<-<mtd.)— H e n n e s s a y , J. B. N.—Letter on an
A Note on Capt.Shortrede's Remarks Outburst of BunBpots.
on the Theory of Angular Geometry [Proe. 1881,153.
in No. CXXIII (Page 240) of this H e n n e s s e y , Sir J o h n Pope.—On
Journal. [JL xi, 782. Chinese Bank-Notes.
Contributions towards a History of [Proc. 1882, 77.
the development of the Mineral Herbert, Capt. J. D. — An Account
Resources of India. [Jl. xi, 811. of a Tour made to lay down the
On the Treatment of Geometry as a Course and Levels of the river
branch of Analysis. [Jl. xii, 110. Setlej or Satitdra, as far as trace-
Contributions towards a History of able within the limits of the British
the Mineral Resources of the deve- Authority, performed in 1819.
lopment of India. [Jl. xii. 542. [ As. lies, xv, 339.
H e k e k y a n Bey.—Notice of the Cave On the Zehr Mohereh, or Snake-
Temples and Emerald Mines of Stone. [As. Res. xvi, 382.
Sakeyt, in the eastern desert of Notice of the Occurrence of Coal,
Egypt. [JL xvi. 1138. within the Indo-Gangetic Tract of
Notes on the Eastern Desert of Egypt, Mountains. [As. lies, xvi, 397.
from Gebel Afrit, by the ancient Notice of the Occurrence of Gypsum
Porphyry Quarries of Gebel in the Indo-Gangetic tract of Moun-
Dukhan. near to the old station of tains. [As. lies, xviii, pt. i. 216.
Gebel Gir ; with a brief account of On the Mineral Productions of that
the Ruins at Gebel Dukhan. part of the Himalaya Mountains
[Jl. xvii, pt. ii 584. lying between the Satlaj and the
Note on the Strata cut through in Kali (Gagra) rivers; considered
excavating for Coal in Wadi Araba, in an economical point of view;
eastern desert of Egypt. including an account of the Mines,
[Jl. xix, 139. and methods of working them, with
Note on the Formations and Lead suggestions for their improvement.
Mines of Kohel at Terafeh, Eastern [As. lies, xviii, pt. i, 227.
deBert of Egypt. [Jl. xix, 217. Report of the Miueralogical Survey
Heifer, Dr. John William.—On the of the Himalaya Mountains lying
Indigenous Silkworms of India. between the rivers Sutlej and
[Jl. vi. 38. Kalee. Illustrated by a Geological
Report on the Coal discovered in the Map. [Jl. xi (suppl.) i.
Tenasserim provinces. [Jl. vii. 701. Journal of Captain Herbert's Tour
Note ou the Animal Productions of the from Almorah in a N. W., W., and
Tenasserim Provinces. {.II. vii, 855. S. W. direction, through parts of
Third Report on Tenasserim—the sur- the province of Kumaon and British
rounding Nations, — Inhabitants, Gurhwal, chiefly in the centre of
Natives and Foreigners—Character, the Hills, vide No. GO, Indian Atlas.
Morals and Religion. [Jl. viii. 973. Edited by J. H. Batten. [Jl. xiii, 734.
Fourth Report on the Tenasserim Geological Map. [.//. xiii, pt. i, 171.
See HOGSON, CAPT. J. A.
Provinces, considered as a resort Herschel, W.—Description of the
for Europeans. [Jl. ix, 155. Chandrarekhagurh near Sashtanee,
Henderson, Capt, H. B.—Results Pergunnah Nyegur. Zillah Midna-
of au Enquiry respecting the Law pore. [Jl. xxxv, pt i, 111.
of Mortality, for British India, de- Description of a Hindu Temple con-
duced from the Reports and Appen- verted into a Mosque at Gaganesvar,
dices of the Committee appointed Zila Medinipur.
by the Bengal Government in 1834, [Jl. xxxvii. pt. i, 78.
to consider the expediency of a H e s s e l m e y e r , R e v d . C. H. — The
Government Life Assurance Institu- Hill Tribes of the Northern Fron-
tion. |\l.v. lUs. xx, pt. i, 11)0. tier of Assam [Jl. xxxvii, pt. ii, 192.
Henderson, Oapt. W.—Memorandum Hildebrant, Chey. Hans.—Memoran-
on the Nature and Effects of the dum on Swedish Remains and the
Flooding of the Indus on 10th Iudian Prehistoric Tumuli and
August, 1858. as ascertained at Markings. [Proc. 1880. 89.
Attok and its neighbourhood. Hill, S. A.—On the Measurement of
[Jl. xxviii. 109. Solar Radiation by means of the
Hendley, Dr.T.H.— An Account of the black-bulb Thermometer in vacuo.
Moiwur Bhila. [Jl. xliv, pt. i, 317. [Jl. lii, pt. ii, 3>
Hill, S. A. (contd.)—Hindu Antiquities, Hodgson, B. H. {contd.) — Note

Photographs of, in Java. relative to the account of the
\_Proc. 1873,153. Cervus jarai,published in the Glean-
ings, No. 34 [JL i, 66.
Hindu Coins, Ancient, from Jyonpur On the Mammalia of Nepal.
and Oojein. [Jl. vii, 1052. [JL i, 335.
Hiranand Pandit. — See KITTOE, Origin and Classification of the Mili-
t'APT. M. tary Tribes of Nepal. [JL ii, 217.
Hislop, Revd. Stephen.—On the age Note on the Chiru Antelope.
of the Coal Strata in Western [JL iii, 138.
Bengal and Central India. Classification of Newars or Aborigines
[Jl. xxiv, 347. of Nepal Proper, preceded by the
Hodgson, B. H. — Notices of the most authoritative Legend relative
Languages, Literature and Religion to the Origin and Early History of
of the Bauddhas of Nepal and the Race. [Jl. iii. 215.
Bhot. • [As lies, xvi, 409. European Speculations on Buddhism.
Route from Cathmandu iu Nepal to [JL iii, 382.
Tazedx, on the Chinese Frontier, Further Remarks on M. Remusat's
with some occasional allusions to Review of Buddhism. [JL iii, 425.
the manners and customs of the Notice of some Ancient Inscriptions
Bhotiahs, by Amir, a Cashiniro- in the Characters of the Allahabad
Bhotiah by birth, and by vocation Column. [JL iii, 481.
an interpreter to the traders on the Remarks on M. Remusat's Review of
route described. [As. lies, xvii, 513. Buddhism. [JL iii, 499.
On a New Species of Buevros. Account of a Visit to the Ruins of
[As. lies, xviii. pt. i, 178. Simroum, once the capital of the
On a Species of Aqulla ciraeeetus and Mithila province. [JL iv, 121.
DittrHrux. [As. lies, xviii, pt. ii, 13. Remarks on an Inscription in the
On the Migration of the Natatores It an j a and Tibetan (Uchhen) Cha-
and Gvallatores, as observed at racters, taken from a Temple on the
Kathmandu. confines of the valley of Nepal.
[>1*. lies, xviii. pt. ii, 122. [.//.iv, 196.
The Wild Goat, and the Wild Sheep, Further Note on the Inscription from
of Nepal. [As. lies, xviii. pt. ii, 129. Sarnath. [Jl. iv. 211
On the Ratwa Deer of Nepal. Description of the Bearded Vulture
[As. lies, xviii, pt. ii, 139. of the Himalaya. [Jl. iv, 454.
Description of the Buccros Homrai On the Red-billed Erolia.
of the Himalaya. [JL iv, 458, 701.
[As. lies, xviii. pt. ii, 169. Synopsis of the Thar and Ghoral
Description of the Wild Dog of the Antelopes. • [Ji. iv. 487.
Himalaya. [As. lies, xviii. pt. ii, 221. On the Wild Goat and Wild Sheep of
Indication of a New Genus of the Himalaya, with remarks on the
Carnivora, with description of the genera, capra and ovis {Jl. iv, 490.
species on which it is founded.
[As. lies, xix, pt. i, 60. Specific Description of a new species
Description of Three New Species of of Cervus. [Jl. iv, 649.
Paradoxurus, inhabiting the South- Synopsis' of the Vespert'dUm'idce of
ern. Central, and Northern Regions Nipal. [Jl. iv, 699.
of Nepal respectively, with notices Description of the little Musteline
of the habits and structure of the animal, denominated Kathiah Nyul
Genus. [As. Rts. xix. pt. i. 72. in the Catalogue of the Nepalese
Notices of the Ornithology of Nopal. Mammalia. [Jl. iv. 702.
[As. It/** xix, pt. i, 143. Postscript to the Account of the Wild
On the Administration of Justice in Goat of Nepal. [JL iv, 710.
Nepal, with some account of the Quotations from original Sanscrit
several Courts, extent of their juris- authorities in proof and illustration
diction, and modes of procedure. of Mr. Hodgson's Sketch of Bud-
[As. lies, xx, pfc. i, 94. dhism. [JL v,28, 71.
On the Native Method of making the Description of a new species of
Paper, denominated in Hindustan,
Nipalese. [«//. i. 8. Columba. [JL v, 122.
Further Illustrations of the Antelope Summary description of some new
[JL i. 59. species of Falrviuda: [JL v, 227.
PART I.] Appendix 2). 143
Hodgson, B. H. (0<Mfr/.)—Synoptical Hodgson, B. H. (contd.)—Classical
description of sundry new animals, Terminology of Natural History.
enumerated in the Catalogue of [JL x, 26.
Nepalese Mammals. [Jl. v, 281. On the two Wild Species o< Sheep
Description of two new species be- inhabiting the Himalayan region,
longing to a new form of the Meru- with some brief remarks on the
line Group of Birds, with indica- craniological character of Ovis, and
tion of their generic character. its allies. [JL x, 230.
[JL v, 358. Note on the Cervus Elaphus (?) of
On* a new genus of the Meropidar. the Sal Forest of Nepal, Hodie. C.
[JL v, 360. Affinis nob. [JL x. 721.
On a new Piscatory genus of the Notice of the Marmot of the Himalaya
Strigine Family. [Jl. v, 3G2. and of Tibet. [JL x, 777.
Postscript to tho account of Ursitaxus, On a dew Organ in the Genus
printed in the 19th volume of Re- Moschus. [JL x, 795.
searches As. Soc. [JL v, 671. Of a new species of Lagomys inhabit-
Note on Zoological Nomenclature. ing Nepal, (with Plate)—Lagomys
[JL v, 751. Nepalensis, Nob. [Jl. x, 854.
Additions to the Ornithology of Nepal. Notice of a new form of the Glauco-
[JL v. 770. pinae, or Rasorial Crows, inhabiting
On three new genera or sub-genera of the Northern region of Nepal—
long-legged Thrushes, with descrip- Conostoma iEmodius (Nobis type).
tion of their species. [JL vi, 101. [JL x, 856.
Description of three new species of Classified Catalogue of Mammals of
Woodpecker. [JL vi, 104. Nepal (corrected to the end of 1841,
Indication of a new genus of Inses- first printed in 1832). [Jl. x, 907.
%
sorial Birds. [JL vi, 110. Notice of the Mammals of Tibet, with
On a new genus of the Sylriada!, with descriptions and plates of some
description of three new species. new species. [JL xi, 2-75.
[JL vi. 230. Description of a new genus of Fal-
On some new genera of Itftptores, with con idae. [JL xii, 127.
remarks on the old genera. Translation of the Naipalia Devuta
[JL vi, 361. Kalyana, with Notes. [JL xii, 400.
New species of Scolopacida, Indian Notice of two Marmots inhabiting res-
Snipes. [JL vi, 489. pectively the plains of Tibet and
On a new genus of Plantigrades. the Himalayan Slopes near to the
[JL vi, 560. Snows, and also of a Rhinolophus
Note on the Primary Language of the of the central region of Nepal.
Buddhist writings. [JL vi, 6«2. [JL xii\ 409.
On the Bibos. Gauri Gau, or Gaurika Additions to the Catalogue of Nepal
Gan of the Indian Forests. Birds [JL xii, 447.
[JL vi, 715. On a new species of Cervus, Cervus
On a new species of Pheasant from Dimorphe. [JL xii, 897.
Tibet. [Jl. vii. 8(>.1. Summary Description of ,two new
On a new genus of the Fissirostral species of Flying Squirrel.
Tr
m ibe. [.//. viii, 35. [JL xiii, 67.
Two new species of Meruline Birds. Description of a new species of Tibe-
„ „ [«/J. viii, *.V7. tan Antelope; with Plates.
On Cuculus. [JL v iii. 136. [Jl. xv, 334.
On three new species of Musk On a new form of the Hog kind, or
(Moschus) inhabiting the Himalayan Suidse. • [JL xvi, 423.
districts. [ 202/ On the Hispid Hare of the Saul forest.
JL viiif [JL xvi, 572.
Summary Description of four new Postscript on the Pigmy Hog of the
species of Otter. [.//. v iii, 319. Saul forest. [JL xvi, 593.
A Cursory Notice of Nayakote. On Various Genera of the Ruminants.
[Jl. ix. 1114. [JL xvi, 685.
On the Common Hare of the Gangetic On the Tibetan Badger, Taxidia leu-
curus, N. S. • [Jl. xvi, 763.
Provinces and of the Sub-Himalaya; On a new species of Porcupine.
with a slight notice of a strictly [JL xvi, 771.
Himalayan species. [JL ix, 1183. On the Charj, or Otis benjraiensis.
Three new species of Monkey ; with
remarks on the genera Scmnopithe- [.//. xvi, 883.
oas et Macacas. [JL ix, 1211.
H o d g s o n , B. H. (contd.)—The Slaty- Hodgson, B. H. (rontd.)—On the

blue Magaderme; Magaderma schis- Takin of the Eastern Himalaya;
tacea, N. S. [Jl. xvi, 889. Budorcas Taxicolor mihi, N. G-.
On a new species of Plecotus. (With three Plates). [Jl. xix, 6.
[Jl. xvi, 894. Aborigines of the North-East Frontier.
On the tame Sheep and Goats of the j [JL xix, 309.
sub-Himalayas and of Tibet. Aborigines of the South. [Jl. xix, 461.
[Jl. xvi, 1003. On the Shou or Tibetan Stag.
On the Gat-toed Subplantigrades of [ Jl. xix ; 466.
the sub-Himalayas. [Jl. xvi. 1113. Additional Notice of the Shou or
On the Aborigines of the sub-Hima- Tibetan Stag. [Jl. xix, 518.
layas. [Jl. xvi, 1235. On the Shou or Tibetan Stag, Cervus
Comparative Vocabulary of the several Affinis, mihi. (With two Plates).
Languages or Dialects of theEastern [Jl. xx, 388.
sub-Himalayas, from the Kali or On the Indo-Chinese Borderers, and
Ghogra, to the Dhansri, with the their connexion with^ the Hima-
written and spoken Tibetan for layans and Tibetans. [Jl. xxii, 1.
comparison. [Jl. xvi, 1245. On the Mongolian Affinities of the
Addenda et Corrigenda of the Paper Caucasians. [Jl. xxii, 26.
on the Aborigines of the sub-Hima-
layas, in the December No. of the Sifan and Horsok Vocabularies, with
Journal. [Jl. xvii, pt. i, 73. another special exposition in the
Ethnography and Geography of the wide range of Mongolidan affinities
sub-Himalayas. [Jl. xvii, pt. i, 541. and remarks on the lingual and phy-
Tibetan type of Mankind. sical characteristics of the family.
[Jl. xvii.pt. ii, 222. [Jl. xxii, 121.
Relics of the Catholic Mission in Catalogue of Nipalese Birds, collected
Tibet. [Jl. xvii. pt. ii, 225. between 1824 and 1844.
Anatomy of Ailurus, Porcula, and [Jl. xxiv, 572.
Stylocerus, in continuation, with Aborigines of the Nilgiris.
sundry miscellaneous emendatory [Jl. xxv, 31.
Notes. [Jl' xvii, pt. ii, 475. On a new Perdicine Bird from Tibet.
The Aborigines of Central India. [Jl. xxv. 1G5.
[Jl. xvii, pt. ii, 550. Route of two Nepalese Embassies to
Addendum on the Anatomy of Ailurus. Pekin, with remarks on the water-
[.//. xvii, pt. ii, 573. shed and Plateau of Tibet.
Route from Kathmandu. the capital [Jl. xxv, 473.
of Nepal, to Darjeeling in Sikim, Aborigines of the Nilgiris, with
interspersed with remarks on the remarks on their Affinities.
people and country. [Jl. xxv. 498.
[Jl. xvii, pt. ii, 634. On a new Lagomys and a new Mustela
Memorandum relative to the seven inhabiting the north region of
Cosis of Nepal. [Jl. xvii, pt. ii, 646. Sikim and the proximate pans of
On the Chcpang and Kiisiiuda Tribes Tibet. [Jl. xxvi, 207,
of Nepal. [Jl. xvii. pt. ii. 650. Comparative Vocabulary of the Lan-
A Brief Note on Indian Ethnology. guages of the broken Tribes of
[Jl. xviii, 238. Nepal.
Aborigines of Southern India. [Jl. xxvi, 317, 429 ; xxvii. 393.
[Jl. xviii, 350. Description of a new species of Hima-
The Polecat of Tibet, N.S. layan Mole, Talpa Macrura.
[Jl. xviii, 440. [Jl. xxvii, 176.
On the Aborigines of North-Eastern Hodgson, B. H., and B l y t h , E.—
India. • [•//. xviii. 451. Catalogue of Nepalese Birds pre-
On the Origin, Location, Numbers, sented to the Asiatic Society, duly
Creed, Customs, Character and Con- named and classified. Revised by
dition of the Kooch. Bodo and Ed. Blyth. [Jl. xii, 301.
Dhimal People, with a general des- Hodgson, B. H., and Campbell, A—
cription of the climate they dwell Illustrations of the Genera of the
in. [Jl. xviii. 702. Bovinae.—Part I. Skeletons of Boa
On the Physical Geography of the Bibos, and Bison, the individuals
Himalaya. [Jl. xviii, 761. examined being the Common Bull
On the Aborigines of the Eastern of Nepal, the Gowri Gao of Nepal
Frontier. [Jl. xviii, 067. and the Yak. [Jl. x, 449.
Hodgson, O. K.—Memorandum on Hoernle, Revd. Dr. A. F. Rudolf
Earthquakes in January 1849, at (Contd.)—Exhibition of the Im-
Burpetah, Assam. '[Jl. xviii, 174. pression and Sketch of a Gold Medal
Hodgson, Capt. J. A.—Latitudes of sent by Mr. T. A. M. Gennoe.
Places in Hindustan and the North- • [Proc. 1880,100.
ern Mountains, with observations of Exhibition of a MS. of an unknown
Longitude in the Mountains, accord- Prakrit Grammar. [Proc. 1880,101.
ing to Immersions and Emersions Exhibition of Brass Coins sent by Mr.
of Jupiter's Satellites. H. ltivett-Carnac. [Proc. 1880, 102.
[As. lies, xiv, 163.
Remarks on Roman Indo-Scythian and
Memorandum on the Differences of Gupta Coins sent by Mr. H. Rivett-
the Meridian of the Observatory at Carnac. [Proc. 1880,118.
Madras, and the Flag-staff of Fort
William, and of the Cantonment A Collection of Hindi Roots, with
of Futtehghur in the Doab. Remarks on their Derivation and
[Jl. ix, 75. Classification. [Jl. xlix, pt. i. 33.
Hodgson, Lt.-Gol. J. A.—Journal of Exhibition of Coins belonging to Mr. R.
a Survey to the Heads of the rivers, Nicholson. [Proc. 1881, 39.
Ganges and Jumna. Exhibition of Coins of the later Delhi
[As. Res. xiv, 60. Emperors. [Proc. 1881, 40.
Hodgson, Lt.-Col. J. A., and Bloss- On Coins, &c, from Khokhrakote.
ville, M. de.—Observations on the [Proc. 1811, 71.
Inclination and Declination of the
Magnetic Needle. [As. lies, xviii, 1. Exhibition of Relics from Buddha
Hodgson, Lt.-Col. J. A., and Her- Gaya. [Proc. 1881, 88.
bert, Lt. J. D.—An Account of A new Find of Early Muhammadun
Trigonometrical and Astronomi- Coins. [Jl. 1, pt. i, 53.
cal Operations for determining the Exhibition of three Coins found near
Heights and Positions of the prin- Mahanad, forwarded by the Rev. K.
cipal Peaks of the Himalaya Moun- S. Macdouald. [Proc. 1882, 91.
tains. [As. lies, xiv, 187. Second Exhibition of a Coin from
Hoernle, Revd. Dr. A. F. Rudolf.— Mahanada, with Note by General
On the term Gaurian as a name for Cunningham. [Proc. 1882. 104.
the Sanskritic Vernaculars of North Exhibition of a Birch Bark MS. from
India. [Proa. 1872,177. Bakhshalf. [Pror. 1882, 108.
Essays in aid of a Comparative Gram- Exhibition of Coins and Clay Figures
mar of the Gaurian Languages. from Toomluk. [Proc. 1882, 111.
[Jl. xli, pt. i, 120; xlii. pt. i, 59; Exhibition of ten Silver Coins from
xliii, pt. i, 22. Chhindwara. [Proc. 1882, 114.
A new Prakrit Grammar by Chanda. Exhibition of three Clay Seals from
[Proc. 1878. 178. Mr. Carr-Stephen. [Proc. 1880, 114.
Exhibition of a Prakrit Grammar of Remarks on the Pali Grammarian,
Vararuchi. IProc. 1879. 79. Kachchayana. [Proc. 1882, 125.
Exhibition of facsimiles of Inscrip- Exhibition of Coins from Midnapur.
tions sent by Mr. II. Kivett-Carnac, [Proc. 1883,69.
C. I. E. [Proc 1879, 122. Note on Gold Coin sent by Mr. W.
Description of the Gold Coins found Campbell. [Proc. 1883. 143.
in the Ahin Posh Tope near Jelala- Note on Gold Coins forwarded by Mr.
bad. [Proc. 1879, 122. II. Rivett-Carnac. [Proc. 1883, 143.
Exhibition of four Coius presented to Note on Bihari Declension and Conju-
the Society by Mr. F. S. Growse. gation. [Jl- !"• Pfc- i» JS!).
\_Proc. 1879, 173. A new Find of Muhammadan Coins
Remarks on Coins found in the Ahin of Bengal (Independent Period).
Posh Tope. [Proc. 1879, 210. frfl. Hi, pt. i.211.
Exhibition of ten Copper Coins of the Holmboe, Prof.—See MITRA, RAJBN-
Mitra Dynasty, and description of DKALALA.
the same by A. C. Carlleyle. Homfray, J. — A Description of the
[Proc. 1880, 7. Coal Field of the Damoodah Valley
Exhibition of a copy of a Pali Inscrip- and the Adjacent Countries of
tion sent by Mr. A. M Markham. Beerbhoom and Poorooleah, as ap-
[Ptoc. I860, 5o. plicable to the present date, 1842.
[Jl. xi, 723.
Honigberger, Dr. Martin.—Journal Hugel, Baron, and Fulljames,

of a Route from Dera-Ghazi-Khan, Geo.—Recent Discovery of Fossil
through the Veziri country, to Bones in Perim Island in the Cam-
Kabul. [Jl. iii, 175. bay Gulf. [Jl. v, 288.
Hooker, Dr. J. D. — Observations Hughes, G-eo.—Are there Tenses in
made when following the Grand Arabic? [Proc. 1883,129.
Trunk Road across the hills of Hughes, Gapt. W. G. — Copperplate
Upper BenLal. Parus Nath. &c, in Inscription found at Karenee.
the Soane Valley ; and on the Ky- [Proc. 1872, 138.
maon branch of the Yindhya Hills.
[Jl. xvii, pt. ii, 365. Hughes, Rev. T. P. —Abstract of an
Account of a Visit to Kafiristan.
Notes, chiefly Botanical, made during [Proa. 1883. 105.
an excursion from Darjeeling to
Tongl6, a lofty mountain on the Hugon, Thomas. — Remarks on' the
confines of Sikkiin and Nepal. Silkworms and Silks of Assam.
[JL xviii, 419. [Jl. vi%2\.
Human Race, Queries respecting the,
H o m e , Charles.—On punched silver to be addressed to Travellers and
bits. [Proc. 1865,149. others. Drawn up by a Committee
On Temple of Boodh Gya. of the British Association for the
[Proc. 1865,162, 150. advancement of Science, appointed
Notes on Boodh Gaya. in 1839, and circulated by the
[Jl. xxxiv, pt. i, 278. Ethnographical Society of London.
On Immunity from Wasp-stings. [Jl. xiii, 919.
[Proc. 1866, 238. Humboldt, Baron Von. — What to
On Fireflies. [Proc. 1866, 239. observe on the Himalayas.
Notes on Atranji Ehera or Pi-lo-shan- [JL xvii, pt. i, 324.
na of General Cunningham.
[Jl. xxxv. pt. i. 165. Hume, Allan O.—Letter on certain
Notes on the Jumma Masjid of Birds. [Proc. 1870, 265.
Etawah. [Jl. xxxvi, pt. i, 74. Additional Observations regardng
Notes on Buddhist Remains near some species of Birds noticed by
Mynpoorie. [JL xxxvi, pt. i, 105. Mr. W. T. Blanford, in his '• Or-
Notes on the Carvings on the Buddhist • nitlwlogical Notes from Southern,
Rail-posts at Budh Gaya. Western and Central India"
[Jl. xxxvi, pt. i, 107. [Jl. xxxix, pt. ii, 113.
Notes on Ancient Remains in the Note on a few species of Burmese
Mainpuri District. Birds. [Proc. >872, 70.
[JL xxxvi, pt. i, 157. New species of Birds exhibited and
Notes on the Age of the Ruins chiefly characterised. [Proc. 1874, 106.
situate at Banaras and Jaunpur. Note on two apparently undcscribed
[Jl. xlii, pt. i, 160. species of Goat from Northern
See SHERRING, REVD. M. A.
India, and a new species of Dove
from the Nicobar Islands.
Hoste, Gapt. De la. — See DE LA . [Proc. 1874, 240.
HOSTE, OAPT. On a supposed new Sheep from the
Central Hills of Kelat.
Hough, Revd. Gr. H.—Translation of [Jl. xlvi, pt. ii. 327.
an Inscription on the Great Bell of Httnter, Dr. William.—On the Plant
Rangoon, with Notes and Illustra- J Morinda and its uses.
tions. [«***. -fte*. xvi, 270. [At. lies, iv, 35.
Howison, James.—Some Account of Astronomical Observations made in
the Elastic Gum Vine of Prince of the upper parts of Hindustan, and
Wales1 Island, and of experiments ' on a Journey thence to Oujein.
made on the milky juice which it [<rLr.ifev.iT.Ul.
produces; with hints respecting Astronomical Observations.
the useful purposes to which it may [As. Res. iv, 359.
be applied. [As. lies, v, 157. Some Account of the Astronomical
Huffnagle, Charles.—On the 'Elec- Labours of Jayasinha, Rajah of
trotype/ [Jl. x, 478. Ambhere, of Jayanagar.
Hugel, Baron.—Notice of a Visit to [As. Res. v. 177.
the valley of Casuinir in 1836. AntroDomical Observations made in
[Jl. v, 184. the Upper Province* of Hindustan.
[As. lie*, v. 413.
Hunter, Dr. William (contd.)— Hutton, Capt. Thos. (rofitd.) —
Narrative of a Journey from Agra Rough Notes on the Ornithology of
to Oujein. [As. lien, vi, 7. Candahar and its neighbourhood.
Remarks on the species of Pepper [JL xvi, 775.
* which are found on Prince of Wales' Notes on the Nidification of Indian
Island. [As. lies, ix, 383. Birds. [JL xvii, pt. ii. 3. 681.
Hurry, "W. 0.—Note on the *• Trochilus Notes of some Land and Fresh-water
and Crocodile " of Herodotus. Shells occurring in Afghanisthan.
[JL viii, 590. [Jl. xviii. 64.
Remarks on the Snow Line in the
Hutton, Capt. Thos.—On the Habits Himuluya. [JL xviii, 954.
of the Paludiiice. [Jl. i, 411.
Notes in Natural History. Hutton, Gapt. Thos., and Benson,
[JL i, 474, 554. W. H.—On the Land and Fresh-
On the Nest of the Tailor Bird. water Shells of the Western Hima-
[JL ii, 502. laya. [JL vii. 211.
On the Land Shells of India. Hutton, Capt. Thos., & Blyth, Ed-
[JL iii. 81.520. ward.—Rough Notes on the Zoology
Account of the Bearded Vulture of of Candahar and the Neighbouring
the Hymalaya. [Jl. iii, 522. Districts. With Notes by Ed..Blyth.
Extracts from a Journal kept during [Jl. xiv, 340; xv, 135.
a Voyage from England to Calcutta Hutton, Capt. Thos., and Smith,
in 1831. [JL iv? 167. Lieut. J.—Report on some Inscrip-
Observations on an Article in Loudon's tions found at Hammam on the
Magazine of Natural History, on Southern Coast of Arabia, 1835.
the subject of the Albatross. [Jl. iv, 533.
[Jl. iv, 106. Hyde, Col. H.—Observations on the
Nest of a Bengal Vulture (Vultur effect of a Thunderstorm on a Self-
Bengalensis) ; with Observations on registering Indicator.
the power of scent ascribed to the ' [Proc. 1870,269.
Vulture Tribe. [Jl. vi. 112. Exhibition of two specimens of
On the '• Indian Boa," '• Python Wrought-iron showing Crystalline
Tigris." [Jl. vi, o28. Structure. [Proc. liS74, 7.3.
Geometric Tortoises, "Testudo Geo- Ibbetson, D.—Letter asking for in-
metrica." [Jl. vi. 089. formation regarding the Ethnology
Journal of a Trip to the Burenda of the Panjab. [Proc. 1882, 157.
Pas|, in 183(5. [Jl. vi. i)01. Impey, Major H. B.—Notes on the
Notice of the Himalayan Vulture Garjat States of Patna.
Eagle. [JL vii. 20. [JL xxxiv. pt. i, 101.
Journal of a Trip through Kunawur, Impey, Dr.—Description of a Colossal
Hungrung, and Spiti, undertaken Jain Figure, nearly 80 feet high, cut
in the year 1838, under the patron- in relief, discovered on a Spur of
age of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, the Satpoorah Range, in the district
for the purpose of determining the of Burwanie, on the Nerbudda.
geological formation of those dis- [Jl. xviii, 918.
tricts. [Jl. viii, 901 ; ix, 489. 5f>5. Index to the Indian Geological, Minerai-
Wool and Woollen Manufactures of ogical and Palaeontological Papers
Khorassan. \Jl. ix. 327. and Analysis in the Journal of the
Geological Report on the Valley of the Asiatic Society. [«/'• xx, 409.
Spiti,
nur
and of the Route from Kot- India. Computation of the Area of the
g - [Jl. x, 198. Kingdoms and Principalities of.
On Galeodes (vorax?) [J7. xi, 857.
On the Wool of the Bactrian, or T Indian Oak," Narrative[JLofii. facts 488.
two-humped Camel (Camelus Bac- * attending the Wreck of the Trans-
trian us), being a copy of an un- port on the Loochoo Islands.
published Paper forwarded to the r
[JL ix. 916.
Royal Asiatic Society of London. Indus and Ganges rivers, Comparison
[Jl. xi, 1182. of the [Jl- i. 20.
Note on the " Flata Limbata," and Inscriptions, Ancient (see also PRIN-
the White Wax of China. r
[.//. xii. 898, 1011. Iron Foundry at Kasipur, near 10.
BEP. JAMES). [JL vii. >5.
Cal-
Observations on the Ovis Ammouoides cutta, Roof of the New.
of Hodgson. [Jl. xvi, 508. [Jl. iv. 111.
Iron in the Kasya Hills, Smelting- of Jameson, Dr. Wm. (contd.)—First

[Jl. i, 150. Report by Dr. Jameson of his De-
Irvine, Dr. — On the Cotton called putation by Government to ex-
"Nurma." [•//. xi, 811. amine the effects of the great Inun-
Irvine, Dr. R. H.—A few Observations dation of the Indus. [Jl. xii, 183.
on the Probable Results of a Scien- J a r r a d , Lieut. F. W.—Letter regard-
tific Research after Metalliferous ing future Deep-sea Dredging Oper-
Deposits in the sub-Himalayan range ations. [Proc. 1878, 85.
around Darjeeling. J a r r e t t , Major H. S.—Note on In-
[Jl. xvii, pt. i, 137. scription from Kashmir.
Irvine, "William.—The Bangash Na- [Proc. 1880, 54.
wabs of Farrukhabad—A Chronicle Note on an Inscription on an Ancient
(1713—1857.) [Jl. xlvii, pt. i, 259 ; Mosque in Koh Inam, Zillah Alla-
xlviii, pt. i, 49. habad, sent by Mr. A. M. Markham.
[Proc. 1880, 72.
Irwin, Lieut.—Memoir on the Climate. Note on an Inscription found upon
Soil, Produce and Husbandry of a stone lying near the ruins of a
Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Masjid on Lanka Island. Wular
Countries. [Jl. viii, 745, 779, 869, Lake, Kashmir. [Jl. xlix, pt. i, 16.
1005 ; ix, 33,189.
Jeffreys, Julius.—An Inquiry into
Ivory.—Mr. Ivory's Tables of Mean the Laws governing the two great
Astronomical Refractions, revised powers, Attraction and Repulsion
and augmented by Major J. T. Boi- as operating on the Aggregation
leau. [JL xiv, 1. and Combination of Atoms.
Jackson, "Welby.—On the Iron-works [./J. ii, 441,506.
of Beerbhoom. [Jl xiv, 754. J e n k i n s , Major F.—An Account of
Notice of two Heads found in the some Minerals collected at Nagpore
Northern Districts of the Punjab. and its vicinity, with Remarks on
[Jl. xxi, 511. the Geology. &c . of that part of the
Jackson, Dr.—On the Cultivation of Country. [As. lies., xviii, pt. i. 195.
Roses and the Manufacture of Rose- Further Discovery of Coal Beds in
Water and Utur at Ghazeepore. Assam. [Jl. iv, 704.
[Jl. viii, 411. Interpretation of the Ahom extract
On the Native Mode of preparing the published as Plate IV of tbe Janu-
Perfumed Oils of Jasmine and Bela. ary number of the sixth volume of
[JL viii, 496. the Journal. [Jk vi, 080.
Jacquet, Eugene. — Notice of the Paper on Ancient Land Grants on
Yallabhi Dynasty of Saurashtra ; Copper, discovered in Assam. Com-
extracted from the Buddhist records municated by Major F. Jenkins,
of the Chinese. [JL v, 685. Governor General's Agent. N. E.
Frontier. [Jl. ix, 766.
Jaeschke, Revd. H. A.—Note on the
Pronunciation of the Tibetan Lan- Jenkins, H. L.—Notes on the Bur-
guage. {JL xxxiv, pt. i, 91. mese Route from Assam to the Hoo-
On N. Himalayan Languages. koong valley. [Proc. 1869, 67.
[Proc. 1866, 100. Notes on a Trip across the Patkoi
J a m e s , J. O. N.—Memorandum on the Range. [Proc. 1870, 230.
Thunderstorm of June 8th. 1871. J e n k i n s , R. — Account of Ancient
[Proc. 1871,142. Hindu Remains in Chattisgher, with
Jameson, Dr. W m . - O n the Distribu- translations and remarks by H. H.
tion of European Birds. [Jl. viii, 21. Wilson. [As. lies, xv, 499.
Report on the Museum of JLtheviiiAsiatic Jerdon, T. C—Catalogue of Reptiles
Society. l * 24i: inhabiting the Peninsula of India.
On the Geographic Distribution of the [Jl. xxii, 462 ; 522.
Vulturidaj. Falconidas.and Strigidae; Notes on some new species of Birds
being the first of a series of Memoirs from the N. East Frontier of India.
intended to illustrate the Geographic [Proc. 1870, 59.
Distribution of the Ornithological Notes on Indian Herpetology.
Kingdom. [JL viii. 321. [Proc. 1870. 66.
Remarks on the Geology, &c, of the Jessop & Co.—Note on the Smelting
Country extending r
between Bhar of the Iron Ore of the district of
and Simla. [JL viii, 1037. Burdwan. * [JL viii, 68&
J o h n , Revd. Dr.—A Summary Ac- J o n e s , Sir W i l l i a m (rontd.)—Trans-
count of the Life and Writings of lation of Royal Grant of Land in
Avyar, a Tamul Female Philosopher. Carnata. [ A s. Rex. iii. 3fl.
[A*, lies, vii. 345, On the Mystical Poetry of the Persians
J o h n s o n , W. H.—On Journey to Kho- and Hindus. [As. lies., iii, 165.
tan. [Proa. 1866,182. The Lunar Year of the Hindus.
On Hindu Tartars. [Proe. 1866, 236. [AM. lies. iii. 257.
J o h n stone, Lieut. J.—Note on ele- Discourse the Ninth, on the Origin
phants. [Proc. 1868. 127. and Families of Nations.
Johnstone, Lt.-Col. J. W. H.— [Ax. lies, iii, 479.
Awans resident in the Salt Range. The Tenth Anniversary Discourse.
[Proc. 1881.50. [Ax. lies, iv, 1.
Joinville.—On the Religion and Man- Additional Remarks on the Spikenard
ners of the People of Ceylon. of the Ancients. [As. 11/s. iv. 109.
[As. lien, vii, 390. On the Loris, or slowpaced Lemur.
J o n e s , Sir "William.—Discourse on [As. Ilex. iv. 135.
the Institution of a Society for Discourse the .Eleventh. On the Phi-
enquiring into the History, Civil losophy of the Asiatickfl.
and Natural, the Antiquities. Arts, [As. Res.iv, 165.
Sciences and Literature of Asia. Catalogue of Indian Plants, com-
[-1*. lie*, i, ix. prehending their Sanscrit, and as
Dissertation on the Orthography of many of their Linnocan Generic,
Asiatic Words in Roman Letters. names, as could, with any degree of
[As. lies, i, 1. precision, be ascertained.
On the Gods of Greece, Italy and [ ,
India, written in 1784, and since Botanical Observations on select
revised. [^1*. lies. i. 221. Indiai Plants. \As. Res. iv, 237.
A Conversation with Abram, an Abys- J o n e s , Mr.—Description of the North-
sinian, concerning the City of West Coal District, stretching along
Gwender and the Sources of the the river Damoda, from the neigh-
Nile. [As. lies, i, 383. bourhood of Jeria. or Juriagerh,to
The Second Anniversary Discourse. below Sanampur in the Pergunnah
[AM. lies, i, 405. of Sheargerh. forming a line of
The Third Anniversary Discourse. * about sixty-five miles.
[As. lies., i, 415. [As. lies, xviii, pt. i, 163.
TVIA Fnirrfch Anniversary Disnrnirsp.
[As. lies, ii, 1. dones, ijieuL.—journal oi a steam
The Fifth Anniversary Discourse. Trip to the North of Baghdad, in
I As lies, ii, 19. April 1846, with Notes on the vari-
The Sixth Discourse; on the Persians. ous objects of interest met with.
[As. lies. ii. 43. [JL xvi. 301.
Remarks on the Island of Hinzuan or J u l i e n , S t a n i s l a s . ~- M. Stanislas
Johanna. [A*, lies, ii, 77. Julien on the Study of the Chinese
On the Chronology of the Hindus. Language. Translated by Henry
[A*, lies, ii, 111. Piddington. [Jl. xii. 816.
On the Indian Game of Chess. Jupiter's S a t e l l i t e s , Eclipses of.
[As. lles.il 159. [Jl. i, 504, 550; ii, 41.
On the Second Classical Book of the K a l i k i s h e n Bahadur,Raoa.—On the
Chinese. [^1*. lies, ii, 195. Indications of the Pulse according
On the Antiquity of the Indian Zo- to the Hindus. Translated from
diac. [AM. lies. ii. 289. the 2nd section of the Oushudha
The Design of a Treatise on the Plants Vali, a Medical Treatise in the
of India. [As. lies, ii, 345. Bhaka language. ^{'h 65lJ>
The Seventh Anniversary Discourse. Specimens of some Ornamental Forms
[As. lies. ii. 3G5. of Persian Writing. [Jl. ii, 613.
A Supplement to the Essay on Indian Description of an Indian Balance,
Chronology. [ As. lies., ii, 389. called Tula. [JL ii, 615.
On the Spikenard of the Ancients. Karr, W. Seton.—Note on the course
[4*. lies, ii, 405. of study pursued by Students in the
The Eighth Anniversary Discourse. Sanskrit College, Calcutta.
[As. lies iii. 1. [JL xiv, 135.
On the Musical Modes of the Hindus. K a s h i n a t h . — Notes on Raja Todar
[As. lies, iii, 55. Mall. [Proc. 1872, 141.
Kater, Lieut. Henry.—Description King, L. B. B.—Letter on the present

of a very sensible Hygrometer. state of the Ruins of Gaur, Bengal.
[An. lie*, ix, 24. [Proc. 1875, 93.
Description of an improved Hygrome- King, Win.—Notice of a pre-historic
ter. [As. lies.Ax, 394. Burial Place with Cruciform Mono-
Kay, Rev. W.—On the Connection of liths, near Mungapet in the Nizam's
the Dative and Accusative Cases in Dominions. [Jl. xlvi, pt. i, 179.
Bengali aud Hindustani. King, W.—Letter regarding Prof.
[JL xxi, 105. Suhaffhauseu's Ethnological Que-
Kean, Dr.—Note on Dr. Stewart's ries. [Proc. 1880,2.
Table of Mortality among Hindu
Females. [JL viii. 704. Kittoe, Major Markham.—Extracts
from the Journal of Lieut. Mark-
Keatinge, Lieut., and Evans, Lieut. ham Kittoe. Ruins and Pillar at
—Report on a Passage made on the Jajipur. [JL vii, 53.
Nurbudda river, from the Falls of Section of a Hill in Cuttack supposed
Dharee to Mundlaisir, by Lieut. to be likely to contain Coal.
Keatinge, and of a similar passage [JL vii, 152.
from Mundlaisir to Baroach. by Lt Extracts from the Jour mil of Lieut.
Evans. (Commuuicated by the Go- Markham Kittoe, submitted to the
vernment of the N. W. Provinces.) Asiatic Society at the meeting of
[JL xvi, 1104. the Gth Oct. 1836.—Ruins and Pillar
Keene, H. G.—Notes on a Map of the at Jajipur. [Jl. vii, 200.
Mughal Empire [Proo. 1878, 152. Sketch of the Sculptured Images, on
On the Revenues of the Mughal the Temple of Grameswara. near
Empire. [Jl. 1. pt. i, 99. Ratrapur. [Jl. vii, 660.
Keir, Archibald.—Of the Method of Journal of a Tour in the Province of
Distilling as practised by the Natives Orissa. [JL vii, 679, 1060.
at Chatra in Ramgur aud in the Sketch of the Temple to Durga at
other Provinces, perhaps, with but Badeswur. &c. [JL vii, 828.
little variation. [As. Res. i, 309. Report on the Coal and Iron Mines of
Khan Ali.—Second Paper on a march Talcheer and Ungool, &c &c.
between Mhow and Sagur. On the [Jl. viii, 137.
Huli in Malwa. [JL ix. 311. Account of a Journey from Calcutta
Khanikof, de.—Notes on Samarqand. via Cuttack and Poorec to Sumbul-
[Proc. 1870, 226. pur. and from thence to Mednipur
K h a s h Alee Shekh.—Account of the through the Forests of Orissa.
Esafzai-Affghans inhabiting Sama [JL viii, 367.
(the plains.) Swat, Bunher and the Proposed Publication of Plates of
Chamla Valley, being a detail of Hindu Architectural Remains.
their clans, villages, chiefs and force, [JL viii, 384.
and the tribute they pay to the Sikhs. Account of a Journey from Sumbul-
By Shekh Khash Alee, a follower pur to Mednipur, through the
of the fanatic Syud Ahmed. Pre- Forests of Orissa.
pared in 1837, under the instruc- [JL viii. 474, 606, 671.
tions of Major R. Leech. Note on a Pillar found in the Ganges
[.77. xiv, 73G. near Pubna and of another at
Khwajah Ahmud Shah Nakshbun- Kurra near Allahabad. [JL viii. 681.
dee Syud. — Narrative of the Note on an Image of Buddha found at
Travels of Khwajah Ahmud Shah Sherghatti. &c. [Jl. xvi, 78.
Nakshbundee Syud, who started Notes on the Viharas and Chaityas of
from Cashmere on the 28th October Behar. [JL xvi. 272.
1852, and went through Yarkund, Note on the Sculptures of Bodh Gyah.
Kokan, Bokhara and Cabul, in search [Jl. xvi. 334.
of Mr. Wyburd. Communicated by Instructions how to take Correct Fac-
the Government of India. similes of Inscriptions. [Jl. xvi, 366.
[JL xxv, 344. Hints on the Easiest Method of taking
King, Dr. George.—On the Lion of and preparing Drawings for Litho-
Aboo. [Proc. 1868. 198. graph. [JL xvi, 368.
On the Birds of the Goona District. Notes on the Caves of Burabur.
[Jl. xxxvii. pt. ii. 208. [JL xvi, 401.
Notes on the Famine Foods of Mar- On the Temples and Ruins of Oomga.
war. • [Proc. 1869, 116. [JL xvi, 656.
Kittoe, Major Markham (contd.)— Korosi, Alexander Csoma (vontd.)
Notes on Places in the Province of —Analysis of a Tibetan Medical
Behar, supposed to be those describ- Work. [JL iv. 1.
ed by Chy-Fa-Hian, the Chinese Interpretation of the Tibetan Inscrip-
Buddhist Priest, who made a pil- tion on a Khotian Banner, taken in
grimage .to India, at the close of the Assam, and presented to the Asiatic s
fourth century A. D. [Jl. xvi, 953. Society by Captain Bogle.
Inscription at Oomga, and Notes on [Jl. v. 264.
the same. [.//. xvi, 1220. Notices on the different' systems of
Extract of a letter from Capt. Kittoe. Buddism, extracted from the Tibe-
[Jl. xvii. pt.. i, 5:j(5. tan authorities. [Jl. vii. 142.
Note on an Inscription, engraved Enumeration of Historical an'd Gram-
upon a brick, found some years ago matical works to be met with in
in a field near a village in the Jaun- Tibet. [Jl. vii. 147.
pur district, with a transcript from Koros, Csoma de.—A brief Notice of
the original by Hiranand Pandit, the Subhashita Ratna Nidhi of
and a translation by James Ballan- Saakya Pandita. with extracts and
tyne. [Jl. xix, 455. translations. [Jl. xxiv, 141, xxv, 257.
Memo on some ancient Gold Coins Sec LLOYD. MAJOR, P. H. A.
found near Benares, in 1851. Kosumbha, Correspondence relating
[Jl. xxi, 390. to the Monolith of, in the Allaha-
See BALLANTYNE, DR.; POSTANS, bad District. [Proc. 1870, 291.
LIEUT. Kuhn, Prof. A.—On mvths connected
K n i g h t o n , William.—On the Ruins with Sunrise. [Proc. 18C8, 226.
of Anuradhapura, formerly the Kumbhupatias, Communication re-
capital of Ceylon. [Jl. xvi, 213. garding the, a Sect of Hindu Dis-
On the Hock Temples of Dambool, senters. [Proc. 1881, 154.
Ceylon. [Jl. xvi. 340. Note on the origin and growth of the
Sect of the. [Proc. 1882, 2.
Koppa Gadde Sasana, Sanskrit tran- Kurz, S.—On Pandanophyllum and
script of. [Proc. 1873, 75. allied genera, especially those oc-
Korosi, Alexander Csoma.—Analysis curring in the Indian Archipelago.
of the Dulva. a portion of the Tibe- [Jl. xxxviii. pt. ii, 70.
tan work entitled the Kah-Gyur. Remarks on the species of Pandauus.
[As. licit, xx, pt. i, 41. [Jl. xxxviii. pt. ii, 145.
Notices on the Life of Shakya, On some new or imperfectly known
extracted from the Tibetan Autho- Indian Plants.
rities. [As. lies, xx, pt. ii. 285. [Jl. xxxix. pt. ii, 61 ; xl, pt. ii, 45.
Analysis of the Sher-Chin—P'hal- A fourth List of Bengal Algae. '
ch'hen — Dkon-Seks — Do-De — [Proc. 1870, 257.
Nyang-Das and Gyut. Being the Gentiana Jseschkei re-established as a,
2nd. 3rd, 4th, 5lh, Gth. and 7th new genus of Gentianacese, (with
divisions of the Tibetan Work, Plate XIII). [Jl. xxxix. pt. ii, 229. t
entitled the Kah-Gaur. New Burmese Plants. Part I.
[-ri*. lies. xx. pt. ii, 393. [Jl. xli, pt. ii, 291.
Abstract of the Contents of the Itetan- New Burmese Plants, Part II.
Hgyur. [AM. lies, xx, pt. ii, 553. [Jl. xlii, pt. ii, 59.
Geographical Notice of Tibet. New Burmese Plants, Part III (with
[Jl. i. 121. Plates XVIII, XIX).
Translation of a Tibetan Fragment. [Jl. xlii. pt. ii, 227.
[Jl. i. 209. Contributions towards a knowledge of
Note on the origin of the Kala-Chak- the Burmese Flora, Part I.
ra and Adi-Buddha Systems. [Jl. xliii, pt. ii. 39 V
[Jl. ii. 57. Descriptions of a few Indian Plants. v'
Translation of a Tibetan Passport, F
dated, A. D. 1688. [Jl. ii, 201. [Jl. xliii. pt. ii, 181.,
Origin of the Shakya race, trans- Enumeration of Burmese Palms. **
lated from the *T (La), or the 2(>th [Jl. xliii. pt. ii, 191.
volume of the m- Do class in the Contributions towards a knowledge
Ka-gyur, commencing on the 161st of the Burmese Flora, Part II.
leaf. [Jl. ii, 385. [Jl. xliv, pt. ii, 128.
Extracts from Tibetan Works, trans- NoteB on a few new Oaks from India,
lated by ' [Jl- iii, 57. (with Plates XIV).
* [Jl. xliv, pt. ii, 196.
Kurz, S. (rontd.)—Description of a new Lai, Munshi Mohan (contd.) — A

species of TupUtra from Tenasserhn. brief Account of the Origin of the
[JL xliv, pt. ii, 198. Daiid Putras. and of the power and
Descriptions of new Indian Plants. birth of Bahawal Khan their chief,
[Jl xliv, pt. ii, 199.
on the bank of the Ghara and
Indus. [JL vii, 27.
. A Sketch of the Vegetation of the
Nicobar Islands. [JL xlv, pt. ii, 105. Lamb, Dr. G-. "W.—Register of the
Contributions towards a knowledge Fall of Rain, in inches, at Dacca,
of the Burmese Flora. from 1827 to 18:54. [JL iv. 405.
[Jl. xlvi. pt. ii, 49. Abstract of Temperature and Fall of
K y d , J a m e s . — Tables exhibiting a Rain kept by Medical Officers in
Daily Register of the Tides in the different parts of India.
River Hooghly at Calcutta, from {Jl. xxi, 383.
1805 to 1828. with observations on Lamb,Major.—Note on an Earthquake
the results thus obtained. at Kamrup on the 19th December
[As. lies, xviii, pt. i, 259. • 1872. [Pror. 1873, 65.
Lafont, F r . E.—A Letter with refer- Lambton, Lieut.-Col. William.—
ence to the erection of a Spectro- Observations on the Theory of
scopic Observatory. [Pror. 1875, 58. "Walls, wherein some particulars
are investigated which have not
Exhibition of Crookes' Radiometer. been considered by writers on for-
[Pror. 1876, 171. tification. [As. lies, vi, 93.
Exhibition of two Microphones. On the Maximum of Mechanic Powers
[Proa. 1878,152. and the effects of Machines when
Exhibition of some of W. Crookes' Hijrh in motion. [As. lles.vi, 137.
Vacuum Tubes. [Pror, 1879. 279. An account of a method for extend-
Exhibition of one of Crookes' Electri- ing a Geographical Survey across
cal Radiometers. [Proc. 18M0, 61. the Peninsula of India.
L a i d l a y , J. W.—On Catadioptric Mi-
croscopes. [JL iii, 288. [^1*. Res. vii, 312.
Analysis of Raw Silk. [JL iv, 710. An Account of the measurement of an
Observations on the rate of Evapora- Arc on the Meridian on the Coast of
tion on the Open Sea; with a des- Coromandel. and the length of a
cription of an Instrument used for degree deduced therefrom in the
indicating its amount. [JL xiv, 213. latitude 12° 32'. [As. lies, viii, 137.
An Account of the Trigonometrical
On the Coins of the Independent Operations in crossing the Penin-
Muhammadan Sovereigns of Ben- sula of India and connecting Fort
gal. [JL xv, 323. St. George with Mangalore.
Note on a Sanskrit Inscription from [As. lies, x, 290.
Behar [Jl. xvii, pt. i, 498; xviii, 498. An Account of the measurement of
Note on the Inscriptions from Singa- an Arc on the Meridian, compre-
pur and Province Wellesley, for- hended between the latitudes 8° 9'
warded by the Hon. Col. Butter- 3S" 3 9 " and 10° 59' 48" 93" north,
worth, c. B.} and Col. J. Low. being a continuation of the grand
[JL xvii. pt. ii. 66. Meridional Arc commenced in 1804,
Notice of a Chinese Geographical and extending to 14° 6' 19" North.
Work. [«//. xviii. 137. [As. lies, xii, 1.
On preparing Fac-similes of Coins. An Account of the measurement of an
&c. [Jl. xviii, 976. Arc on the Meridian extending
L a i , M u n s h i M o h a n . — A Brief Des- from Latitude 10° 59' 49" to 15° 6'
cription of Herat. [JL iii, 9. 0" 65"' north. [.4*. lies, xii, 286.
Further information regarding the
Siah Posh Tribe, or reputed descend- An Account of the measurement of
ants of the Macedonians. an Arc on the Meridian, extending
[JL iii, 76. from Latitude 15° 6' 0" 2"' to Lati-
A brief account of Masud, known by
tude 18° 3' 45", being a further
the name of Farid Shakarganj, or
continuation of the former Arc,
Shakarbar. [JL v, 635.
commencing in Latitude 8° 9' 38".
[As. Res. xiii, 1.
Description of Uch-Sharff. [JL v, 796.
Account of Kala Bagh on the right L a n d o u r , Accident from Lightning at.
bank of the Indus. [JL vii, 25. [Proc. 187i), 131).
L a s s e n , Christian.—Objects of Re- L e e c h , Major P o b e r t (rontd.)—A
search in Afghanistan. Description of the Country of Seis-
[JL viii, 145. tban. [JL xiii, 115.
Points in the History of the Greek A Grammar of the Cashmeeree Lan-
and Indo-Scythian Kings in Bac- guage. [JL xiii, 397, 553.
tria. Gabul. and India, as illustrated Route from Dera Ghazee Khan to
by decyphering the ancient legends Candahar, through the Sakhee Sar-
on their coins. war Pass and Buzdar, with other
[JL ix, 251, 331, 449, 627, 733. routes. [ Jl. xiii, 527.
Latter, Capt. T. — Remarks on a An Account of the early Ghiljaees.
Boodhist Coin or Medal, sent to the [JL xiv, 306.
Society through Captain Macleod, A Supplementary Account of the Ha-
Assi^tantCommissioner.Tenasserim, zarahs. [JL xiv, 333.
by H. H. the Prince of Mekkara. Notes on the Religion of the Sikhs,
[JL xiii. 571. being a Notice of their Prayers,
On the Buddhist Emblems of Archi- Holidays, and Shrines. [JL xiv, 393.
tecture. [JL xiv, 623. An Account of the Early Abdalees.
A Note on nome Hill Tribes on the [JL xiv, 445.
Kuladyne River, Arracan. See ABDUN NUBEE ; HAJEE AGHA
[JL xv, 60. ABBAS ; ALEEM-ULLA, FULLA ;
The Symbolical Coins of Arakan. KHASH ALEE, SHEKH; RAIAH
[JL xv, 238. KHAN.
L a y a r d , Capt. F. P.—Nooks and L e e s , Capt. W. N a s s a u . — On the
Corners of Bongal.—No. I. The application of the Characters of
Tomb of Meer Muddan Khan, Com- the Roman Alphabet to Oriental
mander-in-chief of the Nuwab Soo- Languages. [Jl. xxxiii, 345.
raj-ood-Dowlah's Army at the Battle On Mahomedan Conquest of Arabia.
of Plassey. [Jl. xxi, 148. [Proc. I860, 100.
The Mausoleum of the Nuwabs Ali- On the Igbal Nameh-i-Jahangiri and
verdi Khan audSooraj-ood-Dowlah, other authorities for the reign of
at Khooshbagh, near Moorshedabad. the Emperor Jehangir.
[Proc. 1885,114.
[JL xxi, 504. On Double Currency. [Proc. 1866,210.
The Ancient City of Kansonapuri, now On Oriental College at Lahore.
called Rungamutty. [Jl. xxii, 281. [Proc. 1866,129.
Lea, Isaac.—Characters of three new On Scientific Technology.
species of Indian Fresh-water Bi- [Proc. 1866,163,175.
valves. [JL iv, 450. On the Maasir i 'Alamgfri and Shaft
Le Beok, Henry J.—An Account of Khan. ' [Proc. 1868,114.
the Pearl-Fishery in the Gulph of L e i g h , Capt. R. T.—Notes on Jumera
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[As. Res. v, 393. Leitner, Dr. G-. W.—Photograph of
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A New Meteorological Instrument for Lemesurier,X£. H. P.—On Chambered
determining the quantity of dew Tumuli near Chunar.
deposited on clear nights. [Proc 1867,164.
[Proc. 1883, 66. Leonard, G-. S.—Tha Mythic History
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the Grammars of the Brahuiky, the [Jl. xlvi, pt. i, 126.
Balochky and the Pan j abi Lan guages " Further Proofs of the Polygamy of
•with Vocabularies of the Baraky, K&lidasa's Heroes."
the Pashi, the Laghmani. the Cash- m
gari, the Teerhai, and the Deer [Jl. slvi, pt. i, 160.
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A Grammar of the Pashtoo or Afgha- inCcha::. [**». 1869,102.
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the Hinduvee Dialect df Bundel-
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I
Leupolt, J. C.—Remarks on Earthen Lloyd, Major T. H. A., and Korosi,

Medallions found in the Gorakhpur Alex. Csoma.—Note on the White
District. [Proc. 1869, 246. Satin embroidered Scarfs of the
Lewis, Lt. Henry, & Cope, Henry.— Tibetan Priests. With a translation
Some Account of the " Kalan Mus- of the motto on the margin of one
jeed," commonly called the " Kalee presented to the Asiatic Society.
Musjeed," -within the new town of [Jl. v, 383.
Dehli. [Jl. xvi, 577. Lloyd, Lieut.-Col., and Campbell,
See COPE, HENRY. A.—Further Notes respecting the
Lewis, J.—On a mass of iron. late Csoma de Koros. [Jl. xiv, 823.
[Proc. 1865, 77. Lockett, Col.—Hints to Students of
Lewis, Dr. T. R.—Remarks regarding Arabic ; extracted from a letter.
the Haematozoa found in the stomach [Jl. xvi, 373.
of Culex Mosquito. [Proc. 1878, 89. Loewenthal, Revd. Isidor.—Is the
Remarks on a Nematoid Haematozoon Pushto a Semitic Language ?
discovered by Dr. Griffith Evans in [Jl. xxix, 323.
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Lewis, Dr. T. R., and McConnell, District. [Jl. xxxii, 1.
Dr. J.F. P.—AmphistomaHominis : Some Persian Inscriptions fouud in
A new Parasite affecting Man. Srinagar, Kashmir. [Jl. xxxiii, 278.
IProc. 1876,182. Logan, J. R.—On the Local and Rela-
Ley den, Dr. J.—On the Languages tive Geology of Singapore, including
and Literature of the Indo-Chinese Notices of Sumatra, the Malay
Nations. [As. Res. x, 158. Peninsula, &o. [JL xvi, 667.
On the Rosheniah Sect, and its found-
er Bayezid Ansari. [As. lies, xi, 363. On the Local and Relative Geology of
Liebig, Dr. G-. Von.—Discussion of Singapore, including Notices of
some Meteorological Observations Sumatra, the Malay Peninsula, &c.
made on Parasnath Hill. [Jl. xvi, 519.
[Jl. xxvii, 1. Lohar ,r Chhedi.—Barometrical Eleva-
Account of a Cyclone in the Andaman tions taken on a Journey from
Sea, on the 9th and 10th April, j Katmandhu to Gosainsthap, a place
1858. [Jl. xxvii, 323. ^ of pilgrimage in the mountains of
Accountof a Visit to Barren Island in Nipal. [Jl. vi, 696,
March 1858. [Jl. zxiz, 1. Long, Revd. James.—Tables of Com-
Lightning, Accident from, at Lan- parative Philology, shewing speci-
dour. [Proc. 1872,139. mens of the affinity of the Greek,
Note regarding a fall of, at Morar. Latin and English Languages, with
[Prop. 1872, 170. the Sanskrit, Persian, Russian,
Memorandum of Information required Gaelic, Welsh, Lithuanian, German,
in cases of Accidents from. Hebrew, and Anglo-Saxon.
[Proc. 1877,132.
Limrick, Rev. Paul.—Demonstration [Jl. xii, 837.
of the 12th Axiom of the First Queries on the Archaeology of India.
Book of Euclid. [^1*. Jles., vii, 449. [Jl. xvi, 285.
Liston, D.—Notice of a Colossal Alto- Analysis of the Bengali Poem Raj
Relievo, known by the name of Mala, or Chronicles of Tripura.
Alata Koonr situated near Kussfa
Tannah, in Pergunnah Sidowa, [Jl. xix, 533.
Eastern Division of Gorakhpur Dis- Notice of a Ruin in Singhbhiim.
trict. VI* vi. 477. [Jl. xx, 283.
Translation of a Servitude - Bond Analysis of the Raghu Yansa, a
granted by a Cultivator over his Sanskrit Poem of Kalidasa.
Family, and a Deed-of-Salo of two [Jl. xxi, 445.
Slaves. [-/& vi» 950.
Lloyd, M.—On Supposed Tea. Notes and Queries suggested by a
Visit to Orissa in January, 1859.
[Proc. 1866, 79. [Jl. xxviii, 185.
Lloyd, Capt. R.—A Short Notice of
the Coast-line. Rivers and Islands On Recent Russian Researches.
adjacent, forming a portion of the [Jl. xxix, 197.
Mergui Province, from a late sur- On Scientific Technology.
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Lord, Dr. P. B.—Some Account of a Lyall, O. J. (contd.)—Translations from
Visit to the Plain of Koh-i-Daman, the Hamaseh and the Aghani.
the minim? district of Grhorband, [JL xlvi, pt. i, 437.
and the Pass of Hindu Ktish, with The Mo'allaqah of Zuheyr, rendered
a few general observations respect- into English, with an Introduction
ing the structure and conformation and Notes. [JL xlvii, pt. i, 1.
of the country from the Indus to Translations from the Hamaseh. #
Kabul. [Jl. vii. 521. [JL 1, pt. i, 107.
Louis, Most Revd. Jean.—Note on Lydekker, Richard.—Exhibition of
the Geography of Cochin China. a portion of the lower Jaw of
[JL vi, 737. Tetraconodon Magnum, Falconer,
Additional Notice on the Geography from the Siwaliks. [Proc. 1876, 172.
of Cochin China [Jl. vii, 317. Notes on the Mammalian Fauna of
Low, Lieut.-Col. James.—Observa- the Wardwan and Upper Chinab
tions on the Geological Appearances Valleys. [JL xlvi, pt. ii. 283.
and General Features of portions Exhibition of the Palate of an Anthro-
of the Malayan Peninsula, and of poid Ape found in the Siwaliks of
the Countries lying betwixt it and the Punjab. [ Proc. 1878,191.
18° North Latitude. Aberrant Dentition of Felis Tigris.
[As. Ilex, xviii, pt. i, 128. [JL xlvii, pt. ii, 2.
On the Government of Siam. Great Snow-fall in Kashmir.
• [As. lies, xx, pt. ii, 245. [JL xlvii, pt. ii. 177.
On Siamese Literature. On the Occurrence of the Musk-Deer
[A*. Res. xx, pt. ii, 338. in Tibet. [JL xlix, pt. ii, 4.
Excursions to the Eastward. No. 1. Note on some Ladak Mammals.
Extracts from the Journal of a [JL xlix, pt. ii, 6.
Political Mission to the Raja of A Sketch of the History of the Fossil
Ligor in Siam. [JL vii, 583. Vertebrata of India.
Gleanings in Buddhism ; or, Transla- [JL xlix, pt. ii. 8.
tions of Passages from a Siamese On the Zoological Position of the*
version of a Pali work, termed in Bharal, or Blue-Sheep of Tibet.
Siamese " Phra Pat'hom." with [JL xlix. pt. ii, 131.
passing observations on Buddjiism Notes on the Dentition of Rhinoceros.
and Brahmanism. [«//. xvii, pt. ii. 72. [JL xlix, pt. ii. 135.
An Account of several Inscriptions
found in Province Wellesley on the Macaire, J.—Analysis of the Chinese
Peninsula of Malacca. Varnish. [JL i, 183.
[.//. xvii, pt. ii, 62. M'Cann, H. W.-Remarks on an Out-
A Few Gleanings in Buddhism. burst of Sunspots; [Pror. 1881, 154.
[Jl. xvii, pt. ii, 591. McClintock.—On Chinese Grass-cloth.
General Observations on the contend-
ing claims to antiquity of Brahmans [Prae. 1867, 103.
and Buddhists. [JL xviii, 89. McCosh, J.—Account of the Mountain
On an Inscription from Keddah. Tribes on the extreme N. E. Frontier
[Jl. xviii, 247. of Bengal. [JL v, 193.
Lush, Dr. Charles.—Geological Notes Macdonald, John.—On the Gold of
on the Northern Conkan and a Limong in Sumatra. [Ax. lias, i, 336.
small portion of Guzerat nnd On three Natural Productions of
Kattzwar. [Jl. v. 761. Sumatra. [As. Me*- iv, 19.
Lushington, G. S.—On the Marriage Macdonald, Major J.—On the Eclipse
Rites and Usages of the Jats of
Bharatpiir. [JL Hf 273. of 18th August 18C8.
Report on the Government experi- [Proa. 1808, 215.
mental working of the Copper Macgowan,Dr. D. J.—An Inscription
Mines of Pokree, in Ghurwal. with from a Tablet in a Buddhist Monas-
notices of other Copper Mines. • tery at Ningpo in China.
[JL xii, 453, 7«9. [JL xiii. 113.
Lyall, C. J.-ThoMo'allnqahof Lebid, Examination of some Atmospheric
with the Tiife of the poet as given Dust from Shanghae, forwarded to
in the Kitab-el-Aghanf. the Asiatic Society of Bengal.
[.//. xlî pt. i. oi. [JL xvi, 193.
Three Translations from the Hamaseh. Remarks on Sbonjers of Sand in the
[JL xlvi. pt. i, 178. Chinese Plain. [.//. Xx, 192.
McGregor, Lieut. A. Murray.—An M'Olelland, Dr. John (C*JIft*.^Des-

improvement on Irrigation. cription of the (so-called) Moun-
\_Jl. xi. 39. tain Trout of Kemaon. [.//. iv. 39.
A Geographical Notice of the Valley Catalogue of Geological Specimens
of Jullalabad. [JL xi, 117. from Kemaon presented to the
MacGregor, Capt. G-. H.—A Geogra- Asiatic Society. [JL vi, G53.
• phical Notice of the Valley of Ou the Difference of Level in Indian
Jullalabad. [JL xiii, 867. Coal-fields, and the causes to which
MacGregor, W.—Abstract of a Paper this may be ascribed. [JL vii, 65.
on the Prevention of Accidents from Observations on six new species of
Lightning. [Proe. 1876, 104. Cyprinidse, with an outline of a
new classification of the family.
Mackay, Revd. Dr. W. S.—The Great [JL vii 941.
Comet of 1861. [JL xxx, 271). On the genus Hexaprotodon of
Mackenzie, Col. Colin —Account of Dr. Falconer and Captain Cautley.
the Pagoda at Jerwuttum. [Jl. vii, 1038.
[^1*. Res. v, 303. On Isinglass in Polynemns seley Bach,
Remarks on some Antiquities on the a species which is very common in
West and South Coasts of Ceylon. the Estuaries of the Ganges.
[As. Res. vi. 425. [JL viii, 203.
View of the principal Political Events Memoranda on the Mnseum of the
that occurred in the Carnatic, from Asiatic Society. [JL viii,' 415.
the dissolution of the Ancient Hin- Extracts from Mr. M'Clelland's paper
doo Government in 1564, till the on Indian Cyprinidae. [Jl. viii, 650.
Mogul Government was established Extracts from a letter to Government
in 1687, on the Conquest of the on Capt. G. B. Tremenheere's report
Capitals of Beejapoor and Golconda. on the tin of Mergui. [JL xi, 25.
Compiled from various Authentic Me- Note on the Discharge of Water by
moirs and Original MSS. collected the Irrawaddy [JL xxii, 480.
* chiefly within the last ten years, and McLeod, Col. D.—Abstract Report of
referred to in the Notes at the bot- the Proceedings of the Committee
tom of each page. [JL xiii. 421, 578. appointed to superintend the Boring
Mackenzie, Gapt. H.—On the Anti- Operations in Fort William, from
quities of Guzerat. [Jl. xxxiii, 402. their commencemeDt in December,
Mackenzie, Dr. — An Account of 1835, to their close in April. 1840.
Venomous Sea Snakes on the Coast [JL ix, 677.
of Madras. [As, lies, xiii, 329. Macleod, Sir D. F.—On Oriental Col-
Mackeson, Major F. — Journal of lege at Lahore. [Proc. 1866, 118.
Captain C. M. Wade's Voyage, from McLeod, D. W.—Memorandum regard-
Lodiana to Mithankot by the river ing specimens from Seoni, Chupara.
Sutlaj. on his mission to Lahore and [JL ri, 1091.
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Report on the Route from Seersa to nal of an Expedition to Kiang
Bahawulpore. [JL xiii, 297. Hung on the Cbinese Frontier,
Mackintosh, Oapt.—On an Indian starting- from Moulmeinon the 13th
method of Constructing Arches. December, 1836. [JL vi, 989.
[As. lies, xiv, 476. Note on the Map attached to the
Maolagan, Major-General R.—Frag- Report of the Coal Committee in the
ments of the History of Moot tan, 98th Number of the Journal of the
the Derajat, aud Bahawulpore, Asiatic Society. [JL ix, 582.
from Persian MSS. McMaster, Lieut.-Col. A. C—Notes
[.//. xvii, pt. ii, 559. on Birds observed in the neighbour-
List of Arabic Works preserved in a hood of Nagpore and Kamptee,
library at Aleppo. [M. xxiii 44. (Central Provinces). Chikalda and
On Early Asiatic Fire Weapons. Akola in Berar. [//. xl, pt. ii, 207.
[JL xlv. pt, i, 30. Macnamara, Dr. C—On the intimate
McClelland, Dr. John.—Indian Cy- structure of Muscular Fibre.
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Notice of some Fossil Impressions Macpherson, Lieut. S. Charters.—
occurring in tb<5 Transition Lime- On the Geology of the Peninsula.
stone of Kemaon. [JL iii, 028. [Ax. Res. xviii, pt. ii, 1
Macrae, John.—Account of the Koo- Mallet, F. R.—Exhibition of a Meteo-
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Case of the Bite of a Poisonous Snake [Proc. 1878. 174.
successfully treated. [ Ax. Res. xi.30!). Man, E. H.—List of Words of the
MacRitchie, J. —Abstract of Meteoro- Nicobar Language as spoken at
logical Tables kept at Bancoora Camorta. Nancowry, Triukutt, and
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at Bancoora. [Jl, itf. iyo. on an Inscription on the.
Madden, Major Edward.—Diary of [Jl. iv, 160.
an Excursion to the Shatool and Manger, O.—Specimen of the Lan-
Boorun Passes over the Himalaya, guage of the Goonds as spoken in
in September. 1845. [Jl. xv, 7i>. the District of Seonee, Chuparah;
Notes of an Excursion to the Pindree comprising a Vocabulary. Grammar,
Glacier, in September. 1846. &c. [Jl. xvi. 2s(i.
[JL xvi, 226, 596. Mangosteen on the Kukumb-ka-tel. or
The Turaee and Outer Mountains of Concrete Oil of the Wild. [JL ii. 592.
Kumaon. [Jl. xvii, pt. i. 349. 503. Manson, Capt. — Captain Man son's
Supplementary Notes to •' The Turaee Journal of a Visit to Melum and
and Outer Mountains of Kumaon;11 the Oouta Dhoora Pass in Juwaliir.
Journal of Asiatic Society. Bengal. Edited by J. H. Batten. [//. xi. 1157.
May and June, 1848. [JL xviii. 603. Marcadieu, M.—Report on the Kooloo
Mahommed, I s m a i l Moulvi.—No- Iron Mines and on a portion of the
tice of the peculiar Tenets held Mannikurn Valley. (Communicated
by the followers of Syed tAhmed, by the Government of India.)
taken chiefly from the " Sirat-ul- . [Jl. xxiv, 191.
Miistaim," a principal Treatise of Maritime Snrveys,Progress of Indian.
that Sect. [JL i, 479. [Jl. i. 327.
Mahony, Gapt. — On Singhala or Marsden, William.—On the Traces of
Ceylon, and the Doctrines of Bhood- the Hindu Language and Litera-
dha, from the Books of the Singha- ture extant amongst the Malays.
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Maingay, Dr. A. C—On rare Malayan Marsh, Gapt. H. C—Description of a
Animals. [Proc. 1868. 194. Trip to the Gilgit Valley, a depend-
Mainwaring, Col. -G-. B.—Remarks ency of the Maharaja of Kashmir.
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[Proc. 1873. 133. Marshall, Gapt. G. T.—Translation
Maisey, Lieut. F.—Description of the of an Inscription on a Stone in the
Antiquities at Kalinjar. Asiatic Society's Museum, marked
[Jl. xvii, pt. i, 171. No. 2. [JL vi, 88.
Appendix to the Account of the Anti- Marshall, Major G. F. L.— Notes on
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Malcolm, Brigadier-General John. [Proc. 1882, 142.
—Translations of two Letters of Some New or Rare Species of Rhopal-
Nadir Shah, with Iutroductory Ob- ocerous Leyidoptara from the In-
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Sketch of the Sikhs. [As. lies, xi, 197. A New Species of Hipparchia (Zepi-
Malcolmson, J. G.-Note on Saline tioptcra Rhopalocera) from the N. W.
Deposits in Hyderabad. {JL ii, 77. Himalayas. [JL ii. pt. ii «7.
Notes explanatory of a Collection of Marshall, Major G. F. L., and De
Geological Specimens from the NioSville, L.—Some New Species
Country between Hyderabad and of Rhopalocerous LepUloptera from
Nagpur [.//.v,96. the Indian region.
Malet, Sir O. W.—-Description of the [.//. xlix, pt. ii. 245.
Caves or Excavations on the moun- Martens, Dr. G. Von.—A third list of
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of the town of Ellora, or as called Notes on Javanese, Algaa.
on the spot Verrool, though therein [Proc. 1870,182.
there appears inaccuracy, as the A fifth list of Bengal Algre
foundation of the town is attributed [Proc. 1871. 170.
to Yelloo, or Elloo rajah, whose List of Alg& collected by Mr. S. Kuiz,
capital is said to have been Ellich- in Burma and adjacent Islands.
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The Liquidamber tree of the Tenas- 9 [JL vi, 61.
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The Gum Kino of the Tenasserim Cage. [Pror. 1808,79.
Provinces. [Jl. xviii. pt. ii, 223.
The Pine tree of the Tenasserinf Mazure, Thomine (L\—Sce D'MAZUKE
Provinces. [Jl. xviii, 73. THOMINE.
Notes of the Karen Language. Medlicott, Henry B.—On the Sub-
[JL xxvii, 129. Himalayan Rocks between theG anges
A Sketch of Toungoo History. and the Jumna. [JL xxx, 22.
[JL xviii, 9. Note relating to Sivalik Fauna.
Religion, &c., among the Karens. ¥ [Jl. xxxiv, pt. ii, 63.
[JL xxxiv. pt. ii. 173. On the Action of the Ganges.
Religion, Mythology, and Astronomy [Proc. 1868, 232.
among the Karens. Oh a Celt from the Ossiferous ** Plio-
[JL xxxiv. pt. ii, 195. cene" deposits of the Narbada Val-
Physical Characters of the Karens. ley. [Proe. 1873, 138.
[Jl. xxxv, pt. ii, 1. Record of the Khairpur Meteorite of
On Dwellings, Works of Art, Laws, 23rd September, 1873.
&c. of the Karens
' [JL xxxvii, pt. ii. 125. [Jl. xliii, pt. ii, 33.
Exhibitionof a Meteorite from Ilaipqr.
Mason, J a m e s Wood—See WOOD- [Proe. 187(5.115.'
MASON, JAMES. Exhibition of Meteorites recently fal-
Masson, Chas.— Memoir on the len in India, with remarks upon
Ancient Coins found at Beghram, them. [Proe. 1876, 221.
in the Kohistan of Kabul. Remarks on Himalayan Glaciation.
\M. iii, 152. VT . __ T „ [Proe. 1877, 3.
Extracts from Mr. MassonirLetter to hote on Mr. J. F. Campbell's Remarks
Dr. J. G. Gerard, on the Excavation on Himalayan Glaciation.
Topes, dated Tattung, 22ud March [JL xlvi, pt. ii, 11.
1834. [.//.iii, 329. Exhibition of the new Geological Map
Second Memoir on the Ancient Coins of India. [Proe. 1878, 124.
found at Beghram, in the Kohistan Exhibition of some Geological Speci-
of Kabul. , [/J- •, 1. mens from Afghanistan.
Note on an Inscription at Bamian. [Proe. 18S0. 3.
[JL v. 188.
Third Memoir on the Ancient Coins Exhibition of a specimen of Rock-
discovered at the site called Begh- salt from the Chakmani territory.
ram in tho Kohistan of Kabul. [Proe. 1880, 123.
Jnote on Chloromelanite.
[Jl. v, 637. [Proe. 1883, 80.
Melville, Capt. W. R.— Note on some Meteorological Register kept at the
Buddhist Ruins at Doob Koond. office of the Secretary to Govern-
[JL xxxv. pt. i, 168. ment, N. W. P., Agra.
Metcalfe, O. T. — See MITBA, DR. [JLxx.il 217,325,424,705; xxiii
RAJENDBALALA. (17), (34), (46), (54), (73), (81);
Meteor, Extraordinary, observed at the xxiv, xvii, xxi; xxv, xl, Ii, lxxv,
Nioobars. [Proc. 1874, 150. xciii. cxxv ; xxvi, xxii.
Meteorological Observations, Abstract Meteorological Register kept at the
of the, taken at Gangaroowa, near Surveyor General's Office, Calcutta.
Kandy, Ceylon. Monthly Means of Maximum and
[JL xxxiii, 1 ; xvii, lxi; xxxiv, Minimum Pressures for 1841 to 1849,
pt. ii, xvii; xxxv, pt. ii, lxii. taken from the. [JL xx, 528.
Meteorological Observations kept at Diagram of Monthly Mean Curves of
Rangoon. Barometer and Thermometer, wet
[JL xxi. 520. 622 ; xxii, 113, 317, and dry bulb, and of Rainfall,
421,502,596; xxiii (1). Calcutta, 1856—1SG5.
Meteorological Register kept at [JL xxxvii. pt. ii.
Lucknow. Table of if ean Monthly Readings and
[Jl. xxiii, (77) ; xxiv, xlix, lv,lxiv, Hourl Variations of Barometer,
lxvii. Calcu ta, 1856—1865. ^
'Meteorological Register kept at the [.//. xxxvii. pt. ii.
Surveyor-Gfineral's office. Calcutta. Meteor /logical Register kept on Ross
[JL i, 23. 40, 80, 120,168. 216,264, Islr id, for December, 1859.
326, 374, 430, 478, 534, 574; [JL xxx, 32.
ii, 56, 104, 160,216, 272,328, 383, Meteorologioal Observations in the
384, 440, 496, 560, 608, 615, 641, Punjab, Correspondence regarding.
660; iii, 56. 104, 152.208,256, [Proc. 1871, 120.
312, 368, 424, 480, 544, 600, 656 ; Ilffnow and Saugor, 18:19,' March
iv. 64, 120, 184, 240, 296, 360, between. [JL viii, 805.
412, 476, 532, 588, 652, 716;
v, 60. 128, 192, 256, 320, 376, Michell, R.—See VENUIKOFP, W.
440. 520, 600, 684, 760, 836; Middleton, J. — On the Meteors of
vi, 80, 160, 245, 324, 404, 500. August 10th. 18:39. [JL viii, 495.
620, 712, 804. 900. 988, 1100; Description of an Astronomical Instru-
vii, 92, 172, 286, 370, 468. 582, ment presented by Rajah Ram Sing
67', 750, 838, 918. 990, 1064; of Khota to the Government of
viii. 76, 158, 250, 346. 442, 621, India. [JL viii. 831.
692, 777, 867, 917, 1069 ; ix. 95. Description of a Persian Astrolabe,
217; xvi,850, 1002. 1094,1182. pubmitted to the Asiatic Society by
1278; xvii, pt. i, 86, 170. 256, Major Pottinger. [JL x, 759.
347, 458, 562; pt. ii, 125, 238, On the Specific Gravity of Sea Water.
353. 475, 591, 707; xviii, 88a, [JL xiii, 766.
182/«, 286a, 418rt. 552a, 649. 759. Influence of the Moon on the Weather.
866, 981 ; xix, 89. 189, 269, 349, [JL xx, 275.
429, 499, 573; xx, 112, 217, 289, Mignan, Oapt. Robert. — A brief
369, 449, 535, 635; xxi, 103,193, Sketch of the present state of
280, 363, 443, 555. 643; xxii, Georgia, now a Russian Province.
117, 508, 599, 687; xxiii, (9), [JL iii, 232.
(29). (41), (49), (57) ; xxiv (i),
(xxv), (xxxix), (lxxi) ; xxv (i), Journal of Tour through Georgia,
(xxix), (xli), (lvii), (lxxxi), Persia, and Mesopotamia.
(xcix); xxvi, i, ix, xvii, xlix, [JL iii, 271, 332, 456, 576 ; iv, 602.
lvii ; xxvii, xlix, lvii; xxviii, i, Miles, Lieut. R. H.—Some Remarks
xli; xxix. i, xxv, xlix, lvii; upon the Country to the south-west
xxx. i, xxv, xlix, lxv ; xxxi, i, of Hoshungabad, and of the soil,
xvii, xlix, lxxiii, xcvii; xxxii, i, cultivation, &c, of that part of the
xxv, xlix, lxxiii; xxxiii, i, xxv, Valley of the Nerbudda situated
xlix; xxxiv, pt. ii, i, ix, xxv, between Hoshungabad and the Fort
xxxiii; xxxv, pt ii, i, lvii; of Mokrai, in the lower range of
xxxvi, pt. ii,#xvii, xxxiii. xli; the Kali-bheet Hills. [JL iii, 61.
xxxvii, pt. ii, i ; xxxviii, pt. ii, Miles, Lt.-Col. S. B.—Translation of
i, lxix; xxxix, pt. ii, i, lxxxiii; extracts from* an Arabic work re-
xl, pt ii, lxxxiv. lating to Aden. [Proe. l«7o, 218.
Miles, Lt.-Col. S. B. (contd.)—On Mitra, Dr. Rajendralala (contd.*)—
the Route between Sohar and el- Bhoja Raja of Dhar and his Homo-
Bereymi in 'Oman, with a Note on nyms. [Jl. xxxii. 91.
the Zatt, or gipsies, in Arabia. Note on Major-General A. Cunning-
[JL xlvi.pt. i. 41. ham's Remarks on the Bactro-Pali
Mill, Revd. Dr. W. H.—Restoration Taxila Inscription. [JL xxxii. 151,
of the Inscription, No. 2, on the Two Ancient Sanskrita Inscriptions
Allahabad Column. [JL iii, 25/. from Central India; texts, transla-
Supplement to the Historical Remarks tions and comments. [JL xxxii, 273.
on the Allahabad Inscription. No. 2.
[JL iii, 339. On the Ruins of Budha Gaya.
Restitution and Translation of the [JL xxxiii, 173.
Inscription found in the Ruins of On a Land Grant of Mahendrapala
the Mountain Temple of Shekawati. Deva of Kanauj. [JL xxxiii. 321,.
[JL iv, 367. On the Buddhist Remains of Sultan-
Restoration and Translation of the ganj. [JL xxxiii. 360.
Inscription on the Bhitarf Lat, with On the Origin of the Hindvi Lan-
critical and historical remarks. guage and its relation to the Urdu
[J/.vi.l. Dialect. [JL xxxiii, 489.
Minas, Peter A.—A short Sketch On Amen and Om. [Pioc. 1865. 46.
of the Tribes of Bhutteanah and On the Sena Rajas of Bengal as com-
Hurrianah, [JL xxxvii, pt. ii, 171 memorated in an Inscription from
Mino, Dr. J. E. — Memoir on the Rajshahi. deciphered and translated
Regeneration and Actual State of by C. T. Metcalfe. Esq.. C. S.
Medicine in Egypt. [Jl. viii, 393. [JL xxxiv, pt. i, 128.
Mitchell, Gapt. J.—Additions to the On Cashmir. [Proc. 1866, 65.
knowledge of Silk. On Oriental College at Lahore.
[Jl. xxxvii, pt ii, 16ft [Proc. 1866, 103,125.
On Scientific Technology.
Mitra, Dr. Rajendralala. — Trans- [Proc. 1866,148,157.
lation of a Mithraic hymn from On " Om " and «• Amen."
the Vijaya Mandir at Udayapiir. [Proc. 1866,208.
[Jl. xvii. pt. ii, 69. Note on a Copperplate Inscription
Translation of Copperplate Inscrip- from Sambhalpur.
tion, presented to the Society by [JL xxxv, pt. i, 195.
Brigadier Stacy. [JL xvii, pt. i, 71. Notes on Gupta Inscriptions from
Note on an Inscription from Onjein. AphBar and Behar.
[JL xix, 475. [JL xxxv, pt. i, 268.
Note on three ancient Coins found at
Mohammadpur, in the Jessore dis- On Arian Alphabets. [Proc. 1867, 35.
trict. [JL xxi,401. On Sanscrit MSS. [Proc. 1868. 43.
Note on an ancient Inscription from On Coins of Antimachos and Azelisas.
Thanes war. [JL xxii, 073. [Proc. 1868, 164.
On the Peculiarities of the Gatha Letters addressed to Babu R. Mitra.
Dialect. [JL xxiii, 604. By Babu R. Mitra. [Proc. 1899, 188.
Notes on ancient Inscription s from Extracts from letters from Prof.
the Chusan Archipelago and Pesha- Holmboe. [Proc. 1869, 188.
wur§ [Jl. xxiv, 324. Inscription from Mr. Beames.
Buddism and Odinism, their simili-
tude; illustrated by Extracts from [Proc. 1870, 4.
Professor Holmboe's Memoir on the Remarks on the relation of Urya to
" Traces de Buddhisme en Norwgge." other modern languages.
[Jl. xxvii, 46. [Proc. 1870, 201.
On the Identity of the Toramanas of Remarks on two Inscriptions received
Eran, Gwalior and Kashmir. from Babu Rashbihari Bose.
[JL xxx, 267. [Proc. 1870, 294.
Translation of a Bactriau Inscription Notes en Sanskrit Inscriptions from
from Wardak in Afghanistan. Mathura. [JL xxxix, pt. i, 117.
[JL xxx, 337. On the Funeral Ceremonies of the
On some Bactro-Buddhist Relics from Ancient Hindu's.
Rawal Pindi. [JL xxxi, 175. [Jl. xxxix, pt. i, 241.
Vestiges of the Kings of Gwalior. Style of Dress in Ancient India.
[JL xxxi, 391. [Proc. 1871, 100.
Mitra, Dr. Rajendralala (coutd.)— Mitra, Dr. Rajendralala (contd.)—
Notes on the Allah Upaiiishad. Remarks on a letter from Dr. Burnell
[Proc. 1871. 140. on the Invasion of Bengal by the
Report for 1870-71, regarding the Chola King Kulottunga.
cataloguing of Sanscrit MSS. that [Proc. 1875, 106. 108.
are found in the Libraries of Bengal. Translations of Inscriptions from
[Proc. 1871,277. Rohtas. [Proc. 1876, 100.
The Alia Upanishad, a spurious chap- Remarks on a Copperplate Grant of
ter of the Atharva Veda, text, Govind Chundra of Kauauj, pre-
translation, and notes. sented to the Society by Mr. F. S.
[Jl. xl, pt. i, 170. Growse. [Proc. 1879, 130.
Electrotypes of two ancient Seals. On Human Sacrifices iu Ancient India.
[Proc. 1872, 140. [Jl. xlv, pt. i, 76.
Remarks on the term Gamian. An Imperial Assemblage at Delhi
[Proc. 1872, 180. three thousand years ago.
Notes on two Inscriptions from Banka, [Jl. xlv, pt. i, 368..
Zilah Bhaghalpur. [Proc. 1872, 198. On a Copperplate Inscription from
Beef in Ancient India. Pandukesvar. [Proc. 1877, 71.
[Jl. xlit pt. i, 174. Remarks on a Collection of Pottery
A Picnic in Ancient India. from Biluchistan. [Proc. 1877, 160.
[Jl. xli, pt. i, 340. Exhibition of Plaster Casts of the
Translation of, and Remarks on, Mr. Ilathigumpha Inscription at TJdaya-
Delmerick's Sanskrit Inscriptions giri, with a revised reading and
from the neighbourhood of Delhi. translation. [Proc. 1877, 163.
[Proc. 1873. 102. Exhibition of, and Remarks on, a Cop-
Spirituous Drinks in Ancient Iudia. perplate Inscription received from
[Jl. zlii. pt. i, 1. Mr. W.'R. Davies, of Bhagalpur.
Postscript to the Paper on Spirituous [Proc. 1877, 257.
Drinks in Ancient India. Researches at Buddha Gaya.
[Jl. xlii, pt. i. 58. [Proc. 1877, 268*
On two Copperplate Inscriptions (Ka- On forged Pali Inscription.
nauj). [Jl. xlii. pt. i. 314. [Proc. 1877, 266.
Note on the Palam Baoli Inscription. Remarks on the Early Life of Asoka.
[Jl xliii, pt. i, 104. [Proc. 1878, 8.
On the supposed Identity of the Greeks Silver Coins from Burmah, with
with the Yavanas of the Sanskrit Remarks on. [Proc. 1878,102.
writers. [Jl. xliii. pt. i, 246. Discovery of a New Era.
On a Copperplate Inscription of the [Proc. 1878, 103.
time of Skanda-Gupta ( with a plate). Remarks on Photograph of a Sculp-
[Jl. xliii. pt. i, 363. ture group in Garalmandar Temple
Note on a Copperplate Inscription at Pathari, Central India.
of the time of Skanda Gupta. [Proc. 1878, 123.
[Proc. 1875. 45. Remarks on a new Coin of Toramana.
Report on Sanskrit MSS. [Proc. 1878. 191.
[Proc. 1875, 63. Remarks on a Hindi MSS. from Jaipur.
Translations of Inscriptions from [Proc. 1878, 194.
On Representations of Foreigners in
Benares. [Proc 1875,82. the Ajanta Frescoes.
Reply to enquiry regarding the [Jl. xlvii, pt. i, 62.
mention of Leprosy by ancient A Copperplate Grant from Banda.
Hindu writers. [Proc. 1875, 160.
[Jl. xlvii, pt. i, 73.
Remarks on a letter from Mr. E. On the Pala and the Sena Rajas of
Thomas, on a Coin of Kunanda. Bengal. [Jl* xlvii, pt. i, 384.
[Proc. 1875, 165. Description of Gold and Silver Sitarami
Letter pointing out a mistake in his Coins received from H. Rivett-
paper on the Skanda Gupta Inscrip- Carnac. [Proc. 1879, 64.
tion from Anupshahr. Notes on a Donative Inscription from
[Proc. 1875, 163 Rajaurgarh, near Alwar.
On supposed Greek Sculpture at Ma- [Proc. 1879,157.
thura. [Proc. 1875, 165. Translation of a Copperplate Inscrip-
Oil a Coin of Kunanda from Karnal. tion from Nirjnand. in Kulu. with a
[JL xliv, pt. i, 82. note on the same. [Proc. 1879, 212.
Mitra, Dr. Rajendralala (contel.)— Mitra. Dr. R a j e n d r a l a l a (contd.)—

Note on an Inscription from the Note on a Sanskrit Inscription from
Gate of the Krishna Dvaraka Temple the LalitpurDistrict. [JL Hi, pt. i, 67.
at Gaya. [Proc. 13711, 218. On the Temples of Deoghar.
Exhibition of a Collection of Native [Jl. lii. pt. i, 164.
Paintings. [Proc. 1879, 27G. On Gonikaputra and Gonardiya as
Remarks on Hindi Roots. Names of Pataniali.
[Proc. 1879, 281. [JL lii, pt. i, 261.
Exhibition of some very old Palm-leaf See GEOWSE, F. S.
MSS., and some Ancient Coins.
[Proc. 1880, 4. Mollendorf, O. F. von.—On a Collec-
Remarks on Copper Coins of the tion of Japanese ClausU'us made by
Mitra dynasty. [Proc. 1880, 8. Brigade Surgeon R. Hungerford
Note on Arakau Coins. [Proc. 1880. 53. in 1881. [Jl. li.pt. ii, 1.
Remarks on a Pali Inscription from Clans ilia ncvilliana, a new species from
Bharhat. [Proc. 1880,58. the Nicobars. [JL li, pt. ii. 11.
Transcripts and Translations of two Descriptions of some new Asiatic
Inscriptions from Buddha Gaya Clausilice. [Jl. li, pt. ii, 12.
[Proo. 1880,70. Moneeram.—Native Account of wash-
Note on Coins, &c, from Lieut. R. C. ing for gold in Assam. [JL vii, 02.1.
Temple. [Proa. 1880, 89. Money, D.—An Account of the Temple
On Medal sent by Mr. T. A. M. Geunoe. of Triveni, near Hugli. [Jl. xvi, 393.
[Proo. 1880,100.
Note on a Palm-leaf MSS. of the Montgomerie, Major T. G-.—Memo-
Setubundha, 072 years old. rauduin on the Nanga Parbat and
[Proc. 1880. 119. other Snowy Mountains of the Hima-
Exhibition of a facsimile of a Chinese laya Range adjacent to Kashmir.
Inscription from Buddha Gaya. [JL xxvi, 266.
[Proc. 1880,138. Memorandum on the great flood of the
Exhibition of two Copperplate Inscrip- river Indus which reached Attok on
tions from Sylhet. [Proe. 1880, 139. the 10th August, 1858.
Remarks on Paper on the Calcutta [Jl. xxix, 128.
watersupplies, past and present. Memorandum in answer to the five
[Proc. 1880, 153. questions proposed by Major Becher
On Budha Gaya Inscriptions. regarding the flood of the Indus
[Proc. 1880, 172. in 1858. [JL xxix, 132.
On Coins sent by Raja Udayaprotapa Memorandum drawn up by the order
Sinha. [Proc. 1881,41. of Colonel A. Scott Waugh. En-
On Hindi Inscriptions from near Mon- • gineers, Surveyor General of India,
ghyr. [Proc. 1881. 42. on the progress of the Kashmir
On the Origin of the Myth about Ker- Series of the Great Trigonometrical
beros. [Proc. 1881,91. Survey of India; with map and
Note on a MS of the Bhatti Kavya. observations on the late Conquest of
[Proo. 1881, 134. Gilgit and other incidental matters.
Note on a Copperplate Grant from [//. xxx, 99.
Cuttack. [Proc. 1882, 9. Narrative Report of the Trans-Hima-
Exhibition of a Collection of Coins of layan Explorations made during
Shah Kings of Saurashtra, with 186S. [Jl. xxxix, pt. ii, 47.
remarks. [Proo. 1882,41. See THUILLIEB, MAJOR H. L.
Exhibition of four Silver Coins from Moon and Moon-culminating Stars at
Mr. Cockburn. [Proc. 1882, 47. Seharanpur, Nasirabad, and Dholes-
On three Clay Seals sent by Mr. Carr- war, with the longitudes deduced,
Stephen. [Proc. 1882, 114. Observations of the. [Jl. iii, 297.
Remarks on Clay Figures from Toom-
luk. [Proc. 1882, 114. Moor, Capt. Edward.—Account of an
Hereditary Living Deity, to whom
Note on a Kutila Inscription from devotion is paid by the Br&mens of
Moughyr. [Proc. 1883, 46. Poona and its neighbourhood.
Reading aud Translation of a Sankrit [A*, lies, vii, 383.
Inscription, from Deoghar. Moorcroft, William.—A Journey to
[Proc. 1883, 59. Lake Manasarovara in Undes, a
Remarks on Paper on History of Orissa. Province of Little Tibet.
• [Proc. 1883, 69. [As, Res. xii, 375.
PART I.] Appendix D.
Morany, S.—Qualitative Examination Nepal and A s s a m , Report of the
of the Native Copper found on Society of Arts on specimens of
Rouud Island in the Oheduba group, Rice, Wool, &c, from. [Jl. v. 365.
south-east of Rnmree, and forward- Neufville, Capt. John Bryan.—On
ed to the Society by Captain Camp- the Geography and Population of
bell. See Proceedings Asiatic Society Assam. [As. lies, xvi, 331.
for April 1843. [JL xii, 904. Nevill, Geoffrey.—On the Laud-Shells
Morar, Fall of Lightning at. of Bourbon, with descriptions of a
\Pror. 1872, 170. few New Species.
Morrieson, Lieut. Nasmyth.—Tri- [Jl. xxxix, pt. ii, 403.
nection of an Angle. [JL ii, 71. List of the Molluxca brought back by
Morton, Revd. W. — Remarks on Dr. J. Anderson, from Yunnan and
" A Comparison of Indo-Chinese Upper Burma, with descriptions of
Languages, &c." [Jl. vii, 56. New Species. [JL xlvi, pt. ii. 14.
Mouat, Dr. J.—Meteorological Register New Species of Brackish-water Mul-
kept at Bangalore. [JL V, 296. lusks, [Jl. xlix, pt. ii, 159.
Meteorological Observations, taken New or little-known Moll use a of the
every hour, at Bangalore, in the Indo-Malayan Fauna.
Hospital of H. M. 13th Dragoons, [Jl. 1, pt. ii, 125.
from 6 A.M. of the 21st to 6 P.M. of Description of a New Species of liox-
the 22nd March 1836, inclusive, in tellaria, from the Bay of Bengal.
conformity with Sir W. Herschel's [Jl. 1, pt. ii, 262.
instructions. [JL v. 298. Nevill, G\ & H.—On some new Marine
Muir, J.—On the Genuine Character of Gastropoda from the Southern Pro-
the Hora Sastra, as regards the use vince of Ceylon.
of Greek terms. [JL xiv, 809. [Jl. xxxviii, pt. ii, 65.
fre ROTH RODOLPH. Descriptions of Marine Gastropoda
Muller, Max.—On the Introduction of from Ceylon, Sec.
Writing into India. [Jl. xxviii, 136. [Jl. xxxviii, pt. ii, 157.
Mukerjea, Upendra Chandra.—The Descriptions of New Marine Mollusca
Bhudii and the Bauris. from the Indian Ocean.
[Proc. 1873, 202. [JL xliii, pt. ii, 21.
Mulheran, J. — On Cromlechs and Descriptions of new Mollusca from
Crosses in India. the Eastern Regions.
[Proc. 1868. 115, 147. [JL xl.pt. ii. 1.
Munro, Capt.—Report on the Timber Descriptions of New Marine Moll use a
Trees of Bengal. [JL xvi, 1095. from the Indian Ocean.
Munroe, Dr. W.—Requesting inform- [JL xliv, pt. ii, 83.
ation regarding the mention of N e v i l l , H.—See NEVILL, G.
Leprosy by ancient Hindu writers. Note on Onchid'mmverruculatum, Cuv.,
[Proc. 1875,160. from Ceylon. [Proc. 1870, 304.
Muqbura at Hailan, Inscription on Newall, Lieut.-Colonel D. F. — A
the. [Jl. xxxiii, 649. Sketch of the Mahometan History
Murray, Lieut. W. G.—On a mass of of Cashmere. [JL xxiii, 409.
Iron. [Proc. 1865, 764 Notes on Pilgrimages in the Country
Murwut, Earthquake in. of Cashmere. [JL xxxv, pt. i, 219.
TUT x. A ^ * [/Vw. 1869, 163. Some Observations on the Temples of
Mursnedabad, Census of the Popula- "Razdan" or "Razdoing" in the
tion of the city and district of, ** Lar " Pergunnah, Cashmere (with
taken in 1829. [Jl. ii, 567. three Plates.) [JL xxxviii, pt. i, 177.
Mussi at Hyderabad, New Bridge over Some Account of the llishis or Hermits
the
[M. i, 17. of Kashmir. [JL xxxix, pt. i, 265.
N a g a r j u n i Cave, Translation of the wbold, Oapt. J. tf.—A Visit to the
Inscription in the [Jl. X vi, 694. Gold Mine at Batting Moring and
N a r a y a n Ram.—Translation of the summit of Mount Ophir, or*' Gunong
Ayodhya-Mahatmya, or Pilgrimage Ledang," in the Malay Peninsula.
of Ayodhya. [Jl. xliv, pt. i, 130. [JL ii, 497.
Some Account of the Territory and
N a s h , D. W.—On Progressive Develop- Inhabitants of Naning, in the
ment in the cold-blooded Verte- Malayan Peninsula. [Jl. iii, 601.
brata. [Jl. ii, 465. Sketch of the four Menangkabowe
N a t u r a l History, Report on a Collec- States, in the interior of the Malayan
tion of objects of [Jl. ii, 688. Peninsula. [Jl. iv, 241.
Newbold, Capt. J. T. (wnfrZ.)—On i Newbold,Capt. J. T. (contd.)—Notes,

the Government and History of principally Geological, on the South
Naning in the Malay Peninsula. Mahratta country—Falls of Gokauk
[JL iv. 297. —Clarification of Rocks.
Account of Sdngie Ujong. one of the [JL xiv, 268.
States hijthe Interior of Malacca. Notes, chiefly Geological, across the
[JL iv, 5:*7. Peninsula of Southern India, from
Account of Rumbowe, one of the States Madras, Lat. N. 13° 5' to Goa. Lat.
in the Interior of Malacca. N. 15° 30' by the Baulpilly Pass and
[JL v, 61. Ruins of Bijanugger. [JL xiv, 497.
Johole and its former Dependencies Notes, principally Geological, across
of Jompole Gomiuchi. [Jl. y. 2o7. the Peninsula of Southern India,
Note on the States of Perak, Srime- from Kistapatam. Lat. 14° 17' at the
nanti. and other States in the Malay Embouchure of the Coileyroo River,
Peninsula. [Jl. v. 505. on the Eastern Coast, to Honawer,
Sketch of the State of Miiar, Malay Eat. 14° 16' on the Western Coast,
Peninsula. {Jl. v, 561. comprising a visit to the Falls of
Outline of Political and Commercial Gairsuppa. [JL xiv, 398.
Relations with the Native States on Notes, chiefly Geological, across the
the Eastern and Western Coasts. Peninsula, from Mangalore. in Lat.
Malay Peninsula. {Jl. v, 626. N. 12° 49', by the Bisly Pass to
Note on the Occurrence of Volcanic Madras, in Lat. N. 13° 4'.
Scoria in the Southern Peninsula. [JL xiv, 641.
[Jl. v, 670. Notes, chiefly Geological, across South
India from Pondicherry, Lat. N. 11°
Notes, principally Geological, on the 66', to Beypoor, in Lat. N. 11° 12',
Tract between Bellary and Bijapore. through the great gap of Pal ghaut-
{Jl. xi, 929. cherry. [JL xiv, 759.
Notes, principally Geological, from Notes, chiefly Geological, on the Coast
Bijapore to Bellary, via Kannighirri. of Coromandel, from the Pennaur
IJL xi,941. to Pondicberry. [JL xv, 204.
Geological Specimens offered to the Notes, chiefly Geological, on the
Asiatic Society of Bengal. Western Coast of South India.
[JL xv, 224.
IJL xi, 1131. Notes, chiefly Geological, from Seringa-
Note on a recent Fossil Fresh-water patam, by the Hegulla Pass, to
Deposit in Southern India, with a Cannanore. [JL xv, 315.
few remarks on the origin and age Notes, chiefly Geological, from
of the Kunker. and on the supposed
decrease of Thermal Temperature Koompta on the Western Coast (S.
in India. [JL xiii, 313. India) by the Devamunni and Nundi
Cunnama Passes, easterly to Cum-
Note on the Osseous Breccia and bum, and thence southerly to Chit-
Deposit in the Caves of Billa Soor- toor; comprising a notice of the
gum, Lat. 15° 25', Long. 78° 15', Diamond and Lead Excavations of
Southern India. [Jl. xiii, 610. Buswapiir. [Jl. xv, 380.
Notice of the Ajaib-al-Mukhlukat. Notes, chiefly Geological, from Gooty
[JL xiii, 632. to Hydrabad. South India, compris-
Notes, chiefly Geological, across the ing a brief notice of the old Diamond
Peninsula from Masulipatam to Pits at Dhone. [JL xvi, 477.
Goa, comprising remarks on the Niceville, L. de.—&-e D E NICEVILLE, L.
origin of the Regur and Laterite; Nicobars, Extraordinary Meteor ob-
occurrence of Manganese veins in served at the. [Proc. 1874,156.
the latter, and on certain traces of
aqueous denudation on the mirface Nietner, John. — Entomological Pa-
Of Southern India. (With a Plate.) pers, being descriptions of new
[JL xiii. 984. Ceylon Coleoptera. with such obser-
On the Alpine Glacier. Iceberg, Dilu- vations on their habits as appear in
vial and bWave Translation Theories; any way interesting.
with reference to the deposits of [JL xxv, 381,523.
Southern India, its furrowed and Entomological Papers. [JL xxvi, 132.
striated Rocks, and Rock basins. Nipalese Zoology, Illustrations of,
[JL xiv, 217. [JL iv, 521.
N l z a m n t Palace of Moorshedabad,— Oldham, Thomas.—Notes upon the
Extracts from official records, with Geology of the Rajmahal Hills;
desciiptive details regarding the being the result of Examinations
new;—eiected by Colonel D. McLeod, made during the cold season of
Chief Eugineer of Beugal. » 1852-58. [JL xxiii. 263.
[JL viii. 552. Note on the Fossils in the Society's
Nock.—Report on the Road from Sinde, Collection reputed to be from Spiti.
from Subzul to Shikarpoor. [JL xxxiii. 232.
[JL xii. 59. On Stone Implements from Madras.
Noton, Ben.—Table showing the Rise [Proc. 1865, 206.
of Spring Tides in Bombay Harbour, On Meteorite from Klein Menow.
during night and day, for the year [Proc 1868, 203,208.
1«32. IJLii. 247. On Copper Implements found in Main-
N. W. Frontier. Note and Tabular puri. [Proc. 1868. 251.
Statement. [JL x. 476. Notes on the Earthquake of January
N. W. Frontier, Trade with Afghanis- 10th. 1869. [Proc. 1869, 113.
tan. On Tabular Returns of the Notes on the Remains found in a Crom-
[JL x, 251. lech at Coorg. [Proc. 1869, 226.
Nowroqjee, Furdoonjee.—Report on Observations on Paper on the Normal
the Weights. Measures, and Coins Rainfall of Bengal. [Proc. 1870, 225.
of Cabul and Bukhara. [JL vii, 892. Oldham, W.—On a Shower of Earth.
Oakes, Col.—Letter relating the dis- [Proc. 1868.182.
covery of Flint Implements at Jub- Memorandum on the action of the
bulpore. [Proc. 1869, 51. Ganges. [Proc. 1868, 229.
See BAKER, MAJOR W. E.
Obbard, J.—On the Translation of
Waves of Water with relation to the Oxnmanney, Capt. E. L.—Note on
great flood of the Indus in 1858. Patna Boulders. [JL xix, 136.
[JL xxix, 266. Opnir, Note on the Botanical Speci-
O'Donel, J. H.—Notes on the Tribes mens from Mount. [JL iii, 48.
of the Eastern Frontier, NOB. 1 & 2. Ord, Capt.—Extract from a Mete-
See REYNOLDS, H. J. orological Journal kept at Sandy,
[JL xxxii, 400, 404. Island of Ceylon. [JL iv, 709.
O'Donnell, G. J.—Note on Mahasthan O'Reiley, E.—Remarks on the " Lake
near Bagura (Bogra). Eastern Ben- of Clear Water" in the district of
gal. [Jl. xliv, pt. i, 183. Bassein, British Burmah.
O'Kinealy, J. — Translation of an [JL xxxiii, 39.
Arabic pamphlet on the history and Osborne, George.—Report of a Visit
doctrines of the Wahhabfs, written made to the supposed Coal-Field at
by the grandson of Abdul Wahhdb, Bidjeegurh (Vijayagadah).
founder of the sect. [JL vii, 839.
{Jl xliii, pt. ii, 6^ O'Shaughnessy, Dr. W. B.—On the
Oliver, Lieut.-Ool. Thos.—Abstract Detection of Arsenical Poisons, &c,
of Observations of the Temperature, &c. [JL viii, 147.
Pressure, and Hygrometrical State Memoranda relative to experiments on
of the Air in the Vicinity or Delhi. the communication of Telegraph
[//i506
[//.i,506. Signals by Induced Electricity.
Abstracts of Observations of the Tem- [JL viii. 714.
perature, Pressure, and Hygrometri- Extract from a Memoir on the Prepa-
cal State of the Air at Nasirabad. rations of the Indian Hemp or
[JL ii, 128. Gunjah (Cannahn Indica), their
Culminating Stars observed with the effects on the Animal System in
Moon at Nasirabad. [JL ii, 432. Health, and their utility in the
Latitude of the Church Bungalow at Treatment of Tetanus and other
Nasirabad. by Altitudes (170) of Convulsive Diseases.
Polaris out of the Meridian, obwerv- [Jl. viii, 732. 838.
ed with a Troughton's 18-inch Memorandum on the Explosion of
Altitude and Azimuth Circle. Gunpowder under Water by the
[JL iii. 243. Galvanic Battery ; with a notice of
Longitude of Nasirabad by Lunar the successful destruction of the
Transits and by Observations of " Equitable" at Pultah Reach.
Moon-cubniuating stars. [JL iv, 52. [JL viii, 351.
O'Shaughnessy, Dr. W. B. (contd.) Parish, Lieut. William Hawtayne

—Official Correspondence on the {continued).— A Journal of a Trip
attaching of Lightning Conductors . through the Kohistan of the Jul-
to Powder Magazines. [JL ix. 277. hindhur, undertaken at the close of
On Lightning Conductors to Powder the year 1847, and commencement
Magazines. [Jl. x. 6. of 1848, under the orders of the
KxperimeutH and Papers, principally Supreme Government of India, for
by W B. O'Shaughnessy, relating to the purpose of determining the Geo-
the effects of Sea-water on Iron. logical formation of that district.
[Jl. xii, 1066. [JL xviii, 8150.
Memoranda on Explosive Cotton. On the Influence of Forests on Climate.
[.77. xvi. 177. [Jl. xviii. 791.
On the Refinage, on a large scale, by Parry, J. W. —Notes on the Nangis:
means of Nitre, of brittle or under- a religious sect. [Proc. 18n8. 100.
standard Silver, for coinage pur- Memorandum on a Couple of Stones
poses, and a ready mode of approxi- found in the Cumbum Taluq of the
mative assaying of silver. Kurnul District. [Proc. 1883, 165.
[JL xvi. fio7. Patterson, J. D.—Of the Origin of the
O'Shaughnessy and Sutherland, Hindu Heligion. [As. lies, viii, 44.
J. J. C—Notice of a Grant engraved On the Gramas, or Musical Scales of
on copper, found at Kumbhi in the the Hindus. [Ax. lies, ix, 445.
Saugor Territory. [JL viii. 481.
Sanscrit Inscription on the Slab re- Paton, Charles.—Historical and Sta-
moved from above the Kothoutiya tistical Sketch of Aracan.
gate of the Fort Kohtas. [As. ltos. xvi, 353.
[JL viii, 693. Paul, A. W.—Inscribed Stones, &c,
Ouseley, Lieut.-Col. J. R.—Notice from Chittagong. [Proc 1872,191'.
of two beds of Coal discovered. Paula, Ratna.—Translation of an
[JL iv, 648. Inscription in the Pali and Burma
Note on the Process of Washing for Languages on a Stone Slab- from
the gold dust and diamonds at Heera Ramavati (Ramree Island ) in
Khoond. [Jl. viii, 1057. Aracan, presented to the Asiatic
On the Course of the river Nerbudda, Society by H. Walters. [JL iii, 20!).
[JL xiv, 354. Note on an extraordinary Flood in
On the Antiquities of Sarguja and its Upper Assam. [Proc. 1869, 264.
neighbourhood. [Jl. xvii, pt. 1, Co Naga method of climbing trees.
[Proc. 1872,135.
Ouseley, Major R.—On Peat in Per- Peal, S. E.—Notes on a Visit to the
tabgurh. [Proc. 1865, 85. Tribes inhabiting the Hilln south of
Palestine, Notes of a Tour through. Sibsagar, Assam. [Jl. xli, pt. i, 9.
[JL iv..438. A Vocabulary of the Banpara Nagas.
Pandit, Prannath.—Note on the Chit- [Jl. xlii, pt. i. xxxf app.
tagong Copperplate, dated Saka Extract of a letter on the subject of
1165. or A. D. 124:*, presented to the wild pigs eating fish.
Society by A. L. Clay, Esq.. C. S.
[JL xliii, pt. i, 318. • [Proc. 1876. 92.
Krishna-cultus in the Brhat Samhita. Extracts from three letters relative to
[Jl. xliv, pt. i. 15. Pot-holes, the Geological Structure
Morals of Kalidasa. [JL xlv, pt. i, 352. of Goal para Hill, and movements of
the clouds in Upper Assam.
See SMITH, V. A. [Proc. 1877, 260.
Parish, Revd. 0. —- Botanical Notes A peculiarity of the River Names in
made during a month's tour from Assam and some of the adjoining
Moulmein to the three Pagodas and countries. [JL xlviii. pt. i, 258.
in the Shan States, in the month of Note on the old Burmese Route over
February, 1859. [JL xxviii, 457. Patkai via Nongyang (viewed as
Notes of a Trip up the Sal ween. tbe most feasible and direct route,
from India to China).
[JL xxxiv, pt. ii, 135. [JL xlviii. pt. ii. 69.
Parish, Lieut. William Hawtayne. Report on a Visit to the Nongyang
—A Report of tbe Kobistan of the Lake, on the Burmese Frontier,
Jullundhur Doab. [JL xvii pt. i, 281. February 1879. [JL 1. pt. ii, 1.
P e a l , S. E. (contd.)— Notes of a Trip Pemberton, Oapt. R. Boileau.—
up the Dihing basin to Dapha Pani Abstract of the Journal of a Route
&c, January and February, 1882. travelled by Capt. S. F. Hannay, of
[Jl. Hi, pt. ii, 7. the 40th Regiment Native Infantry,
P e a r s e , G. G-. — Letter relating to from the Capital of Ava to the
Ancient Structures near llewah. Amber Mines of the Hiikong Valley
. [Proc. 18(51), 108. on the south-east frontier of Assam.
On some Bactrian and South Indian [Jl. vif 245.
Coins. [Proc. 1880, 115. See GRIFFITH. W.
P e a r s e , Ool. Thomas D. —Astro- P e p p e , Mr. J. F.—On Antiquities of
nomical Observations in Fort Gya. [Pror. 18G5, 80. 150, 162.
William, and between Madras and Letter regarding the Antiquities of
Calcutta. [A*. Hex. i, 57. Bihar. [Pror. 1871, 251.
On two Hindu Festivals, and the Peppe, W.—Rough Notes on some of
Indian Sphinx. [As. lies, ii, 833. the Antiquities in the Gayu district.
P e a r s o n , Dr. J. T. — Note on the [Jl. xxxv, pt. i, 49.
Eurinorynchus Griseus.
[As. lies, xix, pt. i, i69. P e r s h a d , D u r g a . - On Coins and Anti-
A Method of Preparing Strychnia. quities from Khokhrakote.
[Jl. ii. pt. i, 42. [Proc 1881, 69.
Note on the Genus Spiraculum. Phayre, Major-General Sir Arthur
[Jl. ii, 590. P.—Account of Arakan.
Memorandum on the Faetus of the [Jl. x, 679.
Squalus Maximus. [Jl. iv. 324. On the History of Arakan.
Hints for the Preservation of Objects [Jl. xiii 23.
of Natural History. [Jl. iv, 462. The Historical Coins of Arakan.
Note on Thylacinus Cynocephalus. [Jl. xv 232.
[Jl. iv, 572. Original Text and Translation of a
Memorandum on the Gaur and Gayal. scroll of Silver in the Burmese
[Jl. vi. 225. language, found in a Buddhist
A letter to Dr. Heifer, on the Zoology Pagoda at Prome. [Jl. xxv, 173.
of Tenasserim and the neighbour- On the History of the Shwe Dagon
ing provinces. [J-. vii, 357. Pagoda at Rangoon. [Jl. xxviii. 473.
Observations on the " Report on the Remarks upon an Ancient Buddhist
Museum of the Asiatic Society, by Monastery at Pu-gan, on the
Dr. Win. Jameson." [Jl. viii, 419. Irrawaddy [Jl. xxix, 346.
On the Bora Chung, or the Ground Remarks on a Stone inscription from
Fish of Bootan. [Jl. viii. 551. the ruins of Pu-g&n on the Irra-
Zoological Catalogue of the Museum waddy river. [Jl. xxxii, 267.
of the Asiatic Society. [Jl. ix, 514. Memorandum on some Medals and
Catalogue of the Birds in the Museum Coins in the Museum of the Asiatic
of the Asiatic Society. [Jl. x, 628. Society, found near Mergui on the
Catalogue of Mammalia in the Museum Tenasserim Coast. [.//. xxxii. 271.
of the Asiatic Society. [Jl. x, (J60. On the History of the Burman Race.
P e a t , C a p t . A. C.—Various Routes in [Jl. xxxiii, 1; xxxvii, pt. i, 73;
Scmde from Official Documents from xxxviii. pt. i, 29.
Bombay, of March 1840. [Jl. xii. 44. Memorandum upon some ancient
Pedler, Alexander. — Note on the Tiles obtained at Pagan in Burma.
Composition of the Calcutta Coal Gus [Jl. xxxiii, 57.
«_ TT [Proc. 1874, 183. Note on a Circle of Stones in the
Note on the Use of the Radiometer as a District of Yiisuf zaf.
Photometer. [Proc. 1H7G, 187. [Jl. xxxix, pt. i, 58.
On the Past and Present Water-sup- Letter regarding Gold Coins found on
plies of Calcutta. [Jl. x\[x ptp {l 8r the Island of Cheduba.
P e e r Mungul or Munga or Mun- [Proc. 1872, 3
gear, Temperature of the Hot Sprint's On the History of Pegu.
at, or Munga, or Mungear. (VZ. xlii. pt. i. 23, 120 ; xliii, pt. i, 6.
« « « TT r lJL x v i i - Pfc- "» 2 3 0. Letter on Stone Weapons from Burma.
P e l l e w , F. H.—Letter on the Barisal [Proc. 1876, 3.
Guns. Pror. 1870, 289. P h e a r , Hon. J. B.—Note on North
Note on some Specimens of Wood and Westers. [Pror. 1870, 88.
Soil dug out near Baddibati, Hughli Observations on Bnddhist Heads.
district. f [Proc.
Pmn i«7i 1873,TQ78. [Proc. 1870,217.
Phear, Hon. J. B. (contd.)—Remarks Piddington, Henry ( O p

on Paper on normal Rainfall of on the Soils brought from Che-
Bengal. [Proc. 1870, 223. dooba, by H. M. S. • Childers.'
Exhibition of Barometric Curves. [JL x, 447.
[Proc. 1871.14. Examination of some decayed Orien-
4 Physical Glass of the Asiatic Society tal Works in the Library of the
of Bengal, Note on the Zoology of Asiatic Society. [JL x, 576.
the 2nd Part of the Transactions of
the [JL ii, 417. Note on the Fossil Jaw, sent from
Jubbulpore, by Dr. Spilsbury.
Piddington, Henry. — Examination
and Analysis of some Specimens of [JL x, 620.
* Iron Ore from Burdwan. Memorandum on Nurma Cotton.
[ J.*. Mes. xviii. pt. i, 171. [JL x, 716.
On the Fertilising Principles of the Report on some Articles of Trade
Inundations of the Hugli. sent by Lieut. Postans from
[As. Res. xviii, pt. i, 224. Khorassan. [JL x, 718.
Notice of an Extraordinary Fish. Fourth Memoir on the Law of Storms
[JL iv,218. in India, being remarks and docu-
Examination of a Mineral Exudation ments relative to the loss of the
from Gazni. [JL iv, 696. Ship Golconda in the Tyfoons of
Researches on the Gale and Hurricane 22nd to 24th September, 1840, in the
in the Bay of Bengal on the 3rd, China Sea. [JL x, 895.
4th. and 6th of June, 1839 ; being Report to the Secretary of the Board
a First Memoir with refererce to of Customs. Salt and Opium, on the
the Theory of the Law of Storms Salts, called Puckwah and Phool-
in India. {JL viii, 569. Kbaree; with a process for detect-
Researches on the Gale and Hurricane ing the adulteration of Government
in the Bay of Bengal on the 3rd, Salt; estimates of the qualities of
4th, and 5th of June, 1839 ; with both Salts annually produced, and
reference to the Theory of the Law of the amount of loss which the
of Storms in India. [JL viii. 631. revenue may sustain through the
On Camel Littqrs for the Wounded. production of these two articles.
{JL viii, 702. [JL x, 939.
A Second Memoir with reference to A Fifth Memoir with reference to
the Theory of the Law of Storms the Theory of the Law of Storms
in India ; being Researches relat- in India; being Researches About the
ing to the Storm of the 19th to the Madras Storm of May 16th, 1841,
21st Sept. at the head of the Bay and an Account of a Whirlwind
of Bengal; to the Great Hurricane experienced by the French Siiip
atCoringaon the 16th November, '•Paqucbot des JUers duSlid" Capt.
1839 ; and to another off the Island P. Saliz, off the Cape. [Jl. xi, 6.
of Preparis on the 22nd November. Museum of Economic Geology of
[JL ix, 107. India [JL xi, 322.
A Second Memoir on Indian Tempests, Sixth Memoir on the Law of Storms
with reference to the Theory of the in India; being Storms in the
Law of Storms. [JL ix, 397. China Seas, from 1780 to 1941.
A Third Memoir with reference to [JL xi, 606.
the Theory of the Law of Storms A Seventh Memoir on the Law of
in India ; being Researches relat- Storms in India ; being the Calcutta
ing to the Hurricane in the Bay of Hurricane of 3rd and 4th June,
Beneal and at Cuttack, from 27th 1842. [Jl. xi, 971.
April to 1st May, 1840. [JL ix, 1009. An Eighth Memoir on the Law of
Memoranda on the • Chulchulheeraf Storms in India ; being Researches
of the Hills, and on some Lichens relative to the Storm in the Bay of
from the Himalayas in the Collec- Bengal, at Madras, and in the
tion of the Asiatic Society. Arabian Sea, of 22nd to 31 it October,
£«/»• X, o 7 7 . 1842, with two Charts. [JL xii, 339.
Examination and Analysis of a Soil On an improved Simpiesometer, " The
brought from the Island of Che- Tropical Tempest Simpiesometer/'
dooba,by
1
Capt. Halsted, of H. M. S. just received in Calcutta.
Childere/ • [JL x, 436. [Jl. xii, 451.
Piddington, Henry (contd.) — A Piddington, Henry (contd.)--Note
Ninth Memoir on^ the Law of to accompany a Chart of the Bay
Storms in India ; being- the Pooree of Bengal, with the average courses
and Guttack Storms of 2nd, and of its Hurricanes from A. D. 1800
the Gya and Patna Storms of 5th to 1846. [Jl. xvi, 847.
and Gth October, 1842. [JL xii, 771. Description and Analysis of the new
Examination of a remarkable Red Mineral Newboldite, sent from
Sandstone from the junction of the Southern India by Captain Newbold.
Diamond Limestone and Sandstone [JL xvi, 1129.
at Nurnoor. in the Kurnool Terri- A Fifteenth Memoir on the Law of
tory, Southern India. Received *Storms ; being (Part I.) the Buck-
for the Museum of Economic inghamshire and H. Co.'s Steamer
Geology, from Capt. Newbold. M. Cleopatra*8 Hurricane on the Mala-
N. I., Assistant Commissioner, Kur- bar Coast and Arabian Sea. of
nool. [Jl. xiii, 336. April 1847. The Hurricane of the
Tenth Memoir on the Law of Storms H. C. S. Essvx in June 1811. and
in India; being the Madras and (Part II.) some considerations on
Masulipatam Storm of 21st to* 23rd the loss of the Cleopatra Steamer,
May, 1843. [JL xiii. 09. and for Steamers navigating the
Chemical Examination of an iErolite Eastern Seas in general.
which fell at the village of Mairic- [JL xvii, pt. i, 27.
gaon near Eidulabad in Khandesh. Examination and Analyses of tho
[«77. xiii, 884. BALL COAL of the Burdwan Mines.
An Eleventh Memoir on the Law of [Jl. xvii, pt. i. 59.
Storms in India : being the Storms A Notice of a remarkable Hot Wind
in the Bay of Bengal and Southern in the Zillah of Purneah.
Indian Ocean, from 2(>th Novem- [Jl. xvii. pt. i. 144.
ber to 2nd December, 1843. On the Great Diamond in the posses-
[JL xiv, 10. sion of the Nizam.
Twelfth Memoir on the Law of [Jl. xvii. pt. i, 151.
Storms in India ; being the Storms A Sixteenth Memoir on the Law of
of the Andaman Sea and Bay of Storms ; being the Hurricanes of
Bengal, 9th to 14th November, the Maria. Somes and other ships, in
1844. [JL xiv. 357. the Southern Indian Ocean, in
A Notice of the Alphabets of the March 1846. [JL xvii, pt. i, 517.
Philippine Islands, Translated Description and Analysis of a large
from the '' In forme sobre el Estado mass of Meteoric Iron, from the
de las Islas Filipiuas," of Don Kurruckpore hills, near Monghyr,
«Sinibaldo de Mas, Madrid, January presented to the Museum of the
1813. Vol. I. p. 25. [JL xiv. 003. Asiatic Society by/Captain W. S.
A Thirteenth Memoir on the Law of Sherwill. [Jl. xvii. pt. ii. £38.
Storms in the Indian and China A Seventeenth Memoir on the Law of
Seas ; being the Charles HrdiUti's Storms in India ; being Storms of
Hurricane in the Southern Indian the China Seas from 1842 to 1847,
Ocean, 22nd to 27th February, 1845. and some of the Northern Pacifio
[JL xiv. 703. Ocean, from 1797. [JL xviii. 1.
A Fourteenth Memoir on the Law On a spontaneous combustion of Coal
of Storms in India; being the Bay wetted with salt water, on board
of Bengal, Ceylon, Malabar Coast, the ship Sir Howard Douglas, Capt.
•and Arabian Sea Storms of 2J)th Ogilby. Wl> x v i i i » 1G7«
November to 5th December. 1845. A Supplementary Note on Captain
[JL xiv, 878. Sherwill's Meteoric Iron.
Notice of Tremenheerite. a new car- [•//.xviii, 171.
bonaceous mineral. [Jl. xvi, 3C9. A Notice of a remarkable local devia-
On a new kind of Coal, being Vol- tion of the Compass near Saugor in
canic Coal, from Arracan. Bundleound. communicated by Cap-
[Jl. xvi t 371. tain J. H. Campbell. [JL xviii. 410.
Notice on the Ferruginous Spherules Further remarks on the Ball Coal of
imbedded in Sandstone from Luliut- the Burdwan Mines. [JL xviii, 412.
pore, in Bundlecund, by Dr. G. G. An Eighteenth Memoir on the Law of
Spilsbury [Jl. xvi, 711. Storms in India ; being the Cyclone
Notice of the Deo Monnces. or sacred of 12th to 14thfOctober 1848 in the
beads of Assam. [JL xvi, 713. Bay of Bengal. [Jl, xviii. 82(>.
m
Piddingtcm, Henry (cowtd.y—A. third P i d d i n g t o n , H e n r y (contd.y — On

Notice on the Ball Coal of the Filtering the Waters of Tanks, in
Burdwan Mines. \_Jl. xix, 75. large quantities, for the use of
Examination and Analysis of an Towns. [JL xxi, 473.
orange-yellow Earth brought from On a Geometrical Measurement of the
the Sikkim Territory, by Dr. Camp- distances from Crest to Crest of the
bell, Darjeeling. aud said to be used Barometric Waves in a Cyclone.
there as a cure for Goitre. [JL xxii, 77.
[JL xix, 143. Supplementary Notice on the new
On Calderite, an un described Siliceo- Mineral Resin, Hircine.
Iron-and-Manganese Rock, from [JL xxii, 279.
the district of Burdwan. A Twenty-second Memoir on the
[JL xix, 145. Storms of the Indian and China
Memorandum relative to the Storms Seas; Cyclones and Tornadoes of
of Wind experienced in Tartary, the Bay of Bengal, from 1848 to
with suggestions relative to them, 1852. [Jf. xxiii, 1.
for the Mission proceeding there. On Nepaulite: a new Mineral from
[JL xix, 242. the neighbourhood of Kathmandoo.
A Nineteenth Memoir on the Law of [JL xxiii, 170.
Storms in the Indian and China On the Quantity of Silt held in sus-
Seas ; being the Cyclones of the Sir pension by the waters of the
Hooghly at Calcutta in each month
Howard Douglas and of H. M. Brig of the year. [JL xxiii, 283.
Jumna in the Southern Indian Examination and Analysis of four
Ocean. January to April. 1848. Specimens of Coal from the neigh-
[JL xix, 349. bourhood of Darjeeling, forwarded
Examination of the New Mineral by A. Campbell, Esq., Supdt.
Haughtonite (a compound of Car- [JL xxiii, 381.
bonate of Lead and Sulphate of
Barytes). [JL xix, 452. Examination and Analysis of Dr.
Detailed lleport on the Copper Ores of Campbell's Specimens of Copper
the Deoghur Mines. [Jl. xx, 1. Ores obtained in the neighbourhood
A Twentieth Memoir on the Law of of Darjeeling. [JL xxiii, 477.
Storms in the Indian and China A Twenty-third Memoir on the Law
Seas ; being the April Cyclone of of Storms in the Indian and China
the Bay of Bengal, 23rd to 28th Seas; being the Peninsular and
April, 1850. [Jl. xx, 13. Oriental Steam Navigation Com-
On the Kates of Chronometers, as in- pany's ship Precursor's Cyclone of
fluenced by the Local Attraction of October, 1851. [JL xxiii, 505.
Ships and by Terrestrial Magnetism.
[•ft. xx, 61. Examination and Analysis of two
On a Series of Calderite Rocks. Specimens of Coal from Ava.
[JL xx, 207. [JL xxiii, 714.
On the Comparative Action of the Memorandum on an unknown Forest
Marine and Aneroid Barometers Race (of Indian Vedas ?) inhabiting
and Simpiesometer in Cyclones. the Jungles south of Palamow; and
[Jl. xx, 219. on the deserted city of Dhoolmee
Examination and Analysis of the in Manbhoom. [Jl. xxiv, 207.
SUalka Meteorite (Zillah West Memorandum on the Kunkurs of
Burdwan). \Jl- xx, 299. Burdwan as a flux for smelting the
Second Notice on the Argentiferous Iron Ores, and ou some smeltings of
Ores of Deoghur. [JL xxi, 74. Iron Ores by Mr. Taylor, of that
On Hircine. a new Resin. [JL xxi, 76. district. [JL xxiv, 212.
A Table of Analyses of Indian Coals.
Report on two Specimens of Cuttack
[JL xxi. 270. Coal from the Talcheer Mine, for-
A Twenty-first Memoir on the Law of warded by E. A. Samuells, Esq.,
Storms in the Indian and China Commissioner of Cuttack.
Seas; being the Cyclone of H. M.
S. Fox, in the Bay of Bengal, 30th [JL xxiv, 240.
April to 6th May. 1851. [JL xxi, 283. Examination and Analysis of a Coal
Apparatus for distilling off the Mer- from Cherra Punji. received from
cury from an Amalgam of Gold or Messrs. Gil more and McKilligart.
Silver. [JL xxi, 403. [JL xxiv, 283.
Piddington, Henry (eontd.) — A P o s t a n s , Lieut. J. (/wn/rf.)—Memo-
Twenty-fourth Memoir on the Law randum on the city of Shikarpore,
of Storm9; being the Calcutta and in Upper Sindh. [Jl. x, 17.
SunderbundCyclotieof 14th and loth Of the early History of Sindh, from
May, 1852. [JL xxiv, 397. the ''Chuch Namuh" and other
A second Series of Experiments to as- authorities. [Jl. x, 183, 267.
certain the mean quantity of Silt Report on Upper Sindh and the
held in suspension by the waters of Eastern portion of Cutchee. with a
the Hooghly in various months of Memorandum on the Beloochee and
the year ; as also the quantity car- 4 other Tribes of Upper Sindh and
ried out to sea. With an Appendix Cutchee. and a Map of part of the
on its sectional Area and average Country referred to. [Jl. xii, 23.
Discharge. [JL xxv, 151. Translation of the Toofut-ul-Kirara. a
Examination of three Specimens of History of Sindh. [Jl. xiv, 75, 155.
Bengal Mineral Waters. P o s t a n s , Lieut., and Kittoe.—Notes
[Jl.. xxv. 190. of a Journey to Girnar in the pro-
A Twenty-fifth Memoir on the Law of vince of Kattywar. for the purpose
Storms in India ; being the H. Com- of copying the ancient Inscriptions
pany's Steamer Plnto'x Cyclone in upon the rock near that place.—
the Gulf of Martaban. 23rd and 24th Undertaken by order of the Bombay
April, 1854. [Jl. xxvii. 177. Government, with two Notes on
Sett CAMPBELL, DK. A.; JULIEK, Somnafch, one by Mr. Kittoe.
STANISLAS. [Jl. vii. 865.
Pigou, Lieut.—-On the Topes of Dar- Powel, Lieut. T.—Description of Hea-
ounta and Caves of Bahrabad. vandoo Pholo, the Northern Atoll of
[,77.x. 381. the Malriivc Islands. [Jl. iv. 319.
Piplianagar—Translation of a Tamba Prasadh, Surodha Pundit.—Literal
Fatra, which was found in a field Translation of the Yasanta-Gurh.
of the village of, in the Shujalpur Inscription. [Jl. x, 819.
Pargana, by a krisan engaged in Pratt, Ven'ble Archdeacon J. H.—
ploughing, and presented to Mr. L. Observations on the Herat Astrolabe,
Wilkinson, the Political Agent at described in No. 118 of the Journal.
Bhopal, by the Jagirdar. [Jl. v, 377. [JL xi, 720.
Playfair, John.—Questions and Re- Memoir upon the Quantity of Iron
marks on the Astronomy of the necessary in a Tension Chain Bridge.
Hindus. [An. Rex. ir, 159. [Jl. xvii, pt. i, 1.
Pogson, N. R.—Discovery of the New Note on Iron Tension Bridges.
Planet " Asia." [Jl. xxx. 291. [JL xviii. 249.
Polier, Lieut.-Ool.—The Process of On the Influence of Mountain-Attrac-
making Attar, or Essential Oil of tion on the determination of the
Koses. [As. lies, i, 332. relative heights of Mount Everest,
P o s t a n s , Lieut. J.—Account of the near Darjeeling. and the lofty peak
Jtuins and Site of Old Mandavf in lately discovered near Kashmir.
Raepur. and legend of Vikramadi- [Jl. xxviii, 310.
tya's son in Cutch. [Jl. vi. 648. The Great Indian Arc of Meridian,
Account of the Expedition of Chach and the Figure of the Earth.
(Chacha), extracted from the Chach [JL xxvii, 201.
Nameh, and extracts from the A second Letter on the Indian Arc.
T6hfat-ul-Khwdn. [Jl. vii. 93. [Jl. xxviii, 22.
Extracts from the T6hfat-ul-Kiram, On the Physical Difference between
and the Chach Nameh, translated. a rush of Water like a torrent down
. . , m \Jl. vii. 297. a channel and the transmission of a
An Account of the Jain Temple at Wave down a river—with reference
Badrasir, and Ruins of Badranagiri to the Inundation of the Indus, as
in the province of Cutch. observed at Attock, in August 1858.
„, [-77. Til. 481. [JL xxix, 274.
Memorandum on the Silk Trade be- On Colebrooh?* determination of the
tween Shikarpore and Khorassan, Date of the Vedas. [Jl. xxxi, 49.
and on the Produce of Indigo in Memorandum showing the final result
Sinde. [Jl. ix, 843. of calculations regarding the effect
Memorandum on the Trade between of Local Attraction upon the oper-
the Towns of Shikarpore and Can- ations of the Great Trigonometrical
dahar. [Jl. x, 12. Survey of India. [Jl. xxxi,
172 Appendix D. [PART T.
Pratt, Ven'ble Archdeacon J. H. Prinsep, H, T. (contd.)—Table of Mor-

(contd.)—On Local Attraction. tality for Ages from birth to twenty
[Proc. 1805. 88. years, framed from the Registers of
On the Degree of uncertainty which the Lower Orphan School, Calcutta.
Local Attraction, if not allowed for, [JL vii, 818.
occasions in the Map of a country, Account of Tamba Patra Plates dug
and in the Mean Figure of the up at B.iroda, in Goojrat; with
Earth, as determined by Geodesy ; a Facsimile and Translation. •
method of obtaining the Mean [Jl. viii. 292.
Figure free from ambiguity by a Note on the Passes into Hindoostan
comparison of the Anglo-Gallic, from the West and North-west, and
Russian and Indian Arcs ; and Spe- the use made of them by different
culations on the constitution, of the conquerors. [Jl. xi, £52.
Earth's Crust. [Jl. xxxiv, pt. ii, 34.
See TENNANT, J. F. (OR F. P.) Prinsep, James. — Meteorological
Journal. [As. lit-ft. xv, 7.
Pratt.—Extract of a Letter on a recent Description of a Pluviometer and an
Destructive Storm in the neighbour- Evaporometer constructed at Ben-
hood of Ishwarganj. ares. [A*. Res. xv, 13.
\_Proe. 1875, 128.
Precious Minerals, Oriental Accounts Analysis of a Mineral Water.
of the. \_Jl. i, 353. [.J*. Res. xv, 14.
Census of the Population of the city
Precious Stones, Short Description of of Benares. [^1*. Res. xvii, 470.
the Mines of, in the district of Kjat- Note on the Discovery of Platina in
pyen, in the kingdom of Ava. Ava. [As. Res. xviii, pt. ii, 271).
[Jl. ii, 75. Examination of Minerals from Ava.
Presgrave, Col. D.—Application of [Jl. i, 14.
Iron Rods, proposed to compensate Note on the Magic Mirrors of Japan.
for the strain occasioned by the [.//. i, 242.
tension of the strings upon Piano- On the Ancient Roman Coins in the
Fortes, thereby to prevent warping, Cabinet of the Asiatic Society.
and to render them more durable [Jl. i, 392.
and better adapted to keep longer Observations of the Transit of Mer-
in tune. \Jl» iv, 643. cury. [Jl. i, 408.
Price, Lieut. W.—Translation of a Note on the Jabalpur Fossil Bones.
Sanscrit Inscription on a stone [Jf. i, 456.
found in Bundelc'hund. On the Greek Coins in the Cabinet of
[As. Res. xii, 357. the Asiatic Society. [Jl. ii, 27.
Prichard, Dr.—Tibetan Type of Man- Determination of the Constant of
kind. [Jl* xvii, pt. ii, 580. Expansion of the Standard 10-feet
Prideaux, Major W. F.—On the Iron Bar of the Great Trigono-
Coins of Charibael, king of the metrical Survey of India ; and Ex-
Homcrites and Sabsenns. (With a pansion of Gold, Silver and Copper
Plate.) W1' 1. P^ i. 95. by the same Apparatus. [Jl. ii. 130.
Prinsep, GK A.—Abstracted Results of Table for Ascertaining the Heights of
Marine Observations. Mountains from the boiling point
[As. Res. xv, 15. of Water. [Jl. ii. 194.
On the Temperature and Saltness of Description of a Compensation Baro-
the River Hdgli, from Calcutta to meter, and Observations on Wet
the Sea. w ^ [-/*. i, 104. Barometers. [Jl. ii. 258.
On a remarkable Heat observed in Note on Lieut. Burnes' Collection of
masses of Brine kept for some time Ancient Coins. [•//. ii, 310.
in largo reservoirs. [•//. vii, 207. Bactrian and lndo-Scythic Coins.
On the spontaneous heating of Brine. [Jl. ii, 405.
* [Jl. vii, 1014. Note on tho extraordinary fall of tho
Prinsep, H. T.—Estimate of the Risk Barometer during the Gale of the
of Life to Civil Servants of the 21st May last. [Jl. ii, 427.
Bengal Presidency, in each year of Chemical Analyses. [JL ii, 434.
their Residence in India. [Jl. i, 277. Additional Note on the Climate of
Corrected Estimate of the Risk of Life Nagpiir. [Jl. ii. 542.
to Civil Servants of the Bengal Note on the Fossil Bones discovered
Presidency. [«//. vi, 341. near Jabalpur. [JL ii, 583.
Prlusep, J a m e s (contd.)—Note on P r i n s e p , J a m e s (contd.)—New Varie-
Inscription No. 1 of the Allahabad ties of Bactrian Coins engraved
Column. [JZ. iii, 114. from Mr. Masson's Drawings and
Experiments on the Preservation of other sources. {JL v. 548.
Sheet Iron from Bust in India. New Varieties of the Mithraic or
{JL iii, 191. Indo-Scythic Series of Coins and
Note on the Coins found by Captain their imitations. {JL v, 639.
Cautley at Behat. {JL iii, 227. New Types of Bactrian and Indo-
On the Coins and Relics discovered by Scythic Coins. {JL v, 720.
M. Chevalier Ventura. General in Note on the Nautical Instruments of
the service of Maha Raja Ran jit • the Arabs. {JL v, 784.
Singh, in the Tope of Mauikyala. A Comparative View of the daily range
[.77. iii, 313. of the Barometer in different parts
Note on the Fossil Bones of the of India. {JL v, 816.
Nerbudda Valley, discovered by Postscript to the Memoir on the De-
Dr. G. G. Spilsbury near Nersinh- pression of the Wet-bulb Thermo-
piir, &c. {JL iii, 31)6. meter published in the July num-
Continuation of Observations on the ber. {JL v. 828.
Coins and Relics, discovered by Ge- Specimens of Hindu Coins descended
neral Ventura in the Tope of Mani- from the Parthian type, and of the
kyala. {JL iii, 436. Ancient Coins of Ceylon.
Note on the Mathiah Lath Inscrip- [ Jl. vi, 288.
tion. {Jl. iii, 483. The Legends of the Saurashtra group
Second Note on the Bhilsa Inscrip- of Coins deciphered. {JL vi, 377.
tion. {JL iii. 488. Note on the Facsimiles of Inscrip-
Inscription on the Iron Pillar at tions from Sanchi near Bhilsa,
Delhi. {JL iii, 494. taken for the Society, by Captain
Note on the Coins discovered by M. Ed. Smith, Engineers; and on the
Court. {JL iii. 562. Drawings of the Buddhist Monu-
Note on the Brown Liquid, contained ment presented by Captain W.
in the Cylinders, from Manikyala. Murray at the meeting of the 7th
{JL iii, 567. June. {JL vi, 451.
Further particulars of the Sarun and Interpretation of the most ancient of
Tirhoot Laths, an Account of two the Inscriptions on the jpillar called
Buddha Inscriptions found, the the Lat of Feroz Shah, near Delhi,
one at Bakhra, in Tirhut, the other and of the Allahabad, Radhia and
at Sarnath, near Benares. Mattiah Pillar, or Lat, Inscriptions
{JLiv, 124. which agree therewith. {JL vi, 566.
Further Notes and Drawings of Bac- Account of an Inscription found by
trian and Indo-Scythic Coins. Mr. H. S. Boulderson in the neigh-
{JL iv, 327. bourhood of Bareilly. {JL vi, 777.
Note on the Fossil Bones of the
Jumna River. {JL iv, 500. Further elucidation of the Lat or
Chemical Analyses. {JL iv, 509. Silasthambha Inscriptions from va-
Horary Meteorological Observations rious sources. {JL vi, 790.
made at Calcutta on the 21st to Note on the Facsimiles of the various
22nd September. {JL iv, 514. Inscriptions on the ancient column
Analysis of Copper Ore from Nellore: at Allahabad, retaken by Captain
with Notice of the Copper Mines at Edward Smith. {JL vi, 963.
Ajmir and Singhana. {JL iv, 574. Note on Inscription at Udayagiri and
On the connection of various Ancient Khandgiri, in Cuttack, in the lat
Hindu Coins with the Grecian or character. {JL vi, 1072.
Indo-Scythic series. {JL iv, 621.
DiHeovcry of the name of Antiochus
Notice of Ancient Hindu Coins. the Great, in two of the Edicts of
{JL iv, 668. Asoka, king of India. {JL vii, 156.
Various Ancient Inscriptions. On the Edicts of Piyadasi, or Asoka,
{JL v, 340, 482, 554, 657, 724. 795 : the Buddhist monarch of India,
vi, 218, 278, 663, 869 ; vii, 33, 901, preserved on the Giruar rock in the
966. Gujurat Peninsula, and on the
Experimental Researches on the De- Dhauli rock in Cuttack; with the
pressions of the Wet-bulb Hygro- discovery of Ptolemy's name there-
meter. {JL v, 396. in. {JL vii, 219.
P r i n s e p , J a m e s (eontd.)—Examin- 364, 467 637, 702, 725,730; XXV,

ation of the Inscriptions from Girnar 79,167,224,227,236. 359.370, 419,
in Gujerat, and Dhauli in Cuttack. 450, 462, 570, 579 ; XXVI, 65,154,
[Jl. vii, 334. 227, 275 ; XXVII, 70.196, 261, 365 ;
On the Application of a New Method XXVIII. 50, 156. 254. 389. 505;
of Block-printing, with examples of XXIX, 46. 202, 310. 405; XXX, 49,
unedited Coins printed in facsimile. 159, 294, 395 ; XXXI, 53, 206, 300.
[Jl. vii, 414. 429, 533: XXXII, 21, 173, 288,
Examination of the separate edicts of 431 ; XXXIII, 61, 210, 335, 442,673.
the Aswastama Inscription at Dhauli P u g h e , Robertson.—Exhibition of a
in Cuttack. (Plate.) [Jl. vii, 434. Collection of Sonthal, Bhootea,
More Daoams from the Sanchi tope Gdro and Naga Weapons, &c. sent
Dear Bhilsa, taken in impression by. [Proc. 18S0, 105.
by Capt T. S. Burt. Translated. Pullan, Lieutenant Ayrton.—
[Jl. vii, 562. Remarks on some Ancient Hindu
Translation of Inscription in the Ruins in the Garhwal Bhatur.
Society's museum. [Jl. vii, 5«7. [Jl. xxxvi, pt. i, 154.
Additions to Bactrian Numismatics Raffles, Thomas.—On the Malayan
and discovery of the Bactrian Al- Nation, with a Translation of its
phabet. [JL vii, 036. Maritime institutions.
Coins and Belies from Bactria. [As. Res. xii, 102.
[JL vii, 1047. R a i n e y , H. J.—Note on three Maps
See CBACROPT, W. of the Suudarban. [Proc. 1869, 219.
Letter on the ' Barisal GunR.1
P r o c e e d i n g s of the Asiatic Society [Proa. 1870. 243. 290.
of Bengal, [JL 1,35,74,116,157, 209, Letter on the probable origin of the
248, 298, 363, 415, 472, 512, 559 ; II, scientific appellation of the com-
43, 91, 149,203, 262,323,367,546, mon Striped Squirrel (Sc'wrux pttl-
645 ; III, 49, 96, 141, 193, 244, 300, marwu. Linn.) [Proc. 1875. IBS).
362, 410, 475, 524, 590 ; IV, 53, 177, A Legend regarding- the origin of the
232,287.348,407, 472, 516, 585, 650 ; name Chhayapati, or " Lord of the
V, 52, 124, 189, 245, 302, 369, 433, Shadows.11 a small taluk iii Par-
509, 587, 672, 753, 823 ; VI, 77, 154, ganu Hogla, Zila Jessore.
238, 317, 397. 490, 612. 704, 797, 890, [Proc. 1878. 105.
984, 1092; VII, 87, 167, 283, 364, Note on certain peculiarities observed
456, 567, 663, 742, 829, 915, 983 ; in Hailstones which fell at Khulna,
VIII, 72, 150, 245, 341. 429. 526, Jessore, on the 31st March 1878.
687, 863, 953, 1059; IX, 90, 215, [Proc. 1878. 125.
334, 444, 552, 624, 726, 859, 941, Note on the absence of a Horn iii tho
1055, 1129; X, 31, 165, 500, 58i), Female of the Suudarbau Rhino-
674,751,833,917; XI, 91, 196,271, ceros and Javanese Rhinoceros (C.
439, 573. 786, 863, 876, 964, 1198, 1th, Javanicus, Cuv.)
1204 ; XII, 62, 129, 248, 314, 415, [Pro*. 1878,139.
613. 622, 729, 821. 910, 1012, 1107 ; Rajah Khan.—Account of the Panj-
XIII, i, xiii, xxi, xxix, xliii, liii, kora V.illey, and of Lower and
lxii, lxxiii, lxxxv, xcvii, exxi, Upper Kashkar, by Rajah Khan of
exxxiii ; XIV, i, xvii, xxxi, xxxix, Cabool. Translated by Major R.
lv, lxvii, lxxxix, cxi, exxi; XV, i, Leech, c. B., late Political Agent,
xvii, xxiii, xxvii, xxxiii, xli, Candahar. at whose request it was
xlvii, lxvii, lxxix, lxxxv, ciii; drawn up in IS 10. [Jl. xiv. 812.
XVI, 81, 201, 375, 497. 499. 716, 850, Ramalochan Pandit.—A Royal Grant
987, 1089, 1247, 1263; XVII, p. found at Tsma. [,1*. lies. i. :Jo7.
i, 79, 159, 237.325. 451, 551. p. ii. Raper, Captain, F. V.—Narrative of
121, 233, 472. 588, 697 ; XVIII. 76, a Survey for the purpose of dis-
179,283,414,542. 645, 754, 858, 979 ; covering the sources of the Ganges.
XIX, 83,149, 187, 264, 341,346. 421f [A*, lli*. xi. 446.
481, 493, 497. 560, 663, 568 ; XX, 78, Ravenshaw, E. C.—Translation of
211. 285, 359. 433, 437, 442. 445; various Inscriptions found among
XXI. 80.188, 275, 337, 431, 536, 631; the Ruins of Vijayanagar.
XXII, 82, 202. 307, 407, 494, 676, [A*. JteJf. xx, pt. i.
680 ; XXIII. 97, J99, 303, 394, 502, Notice of Inscriptions in Behar.
r>17. 727 ; XXIV, 53, 170, 244, 354, [Jl, viii, 347.
Ravenshaw, E. O. (contd.)—Notice Rebellion, Report of a Trial for, held
of an Inscription in Behar. at Moulmein by the Commissioner of
[JL ix, 65. Tenasserim. Communicated by the
The Avatars of Vishnoo. An Abstract Sudder Dewanny Adawlut.
Translation from the Pudma Pooran. [JL xiv, 747.
[JL xi. 1112. Receipt Book — Extracts from a
Memorandum on the Construction of Native. [JL i, 155.
a Portable Meridian. [JL xii, 437. Raya, Kum&ra Chundranath, on an
Memorandum on the Ancient Bed of Inscription found in ltajshahi.
the River Soane and Site of Pali- [Proc. 1868,163.
bo thr a. [JL xiv, 137. Redkendorf Siegxnund.—Notes on
Raverty, Lieutenant H. Gh—Some the Pokree and Dhanpoor Copper
remarks on the origin of the Mines in Gherwal. [Jl xiv, 471.
Afghan People and Dialect, and on Rees, Ludwig E.—See ROTH, Dr. R.
the connexion of the Pushto lan- Reid, Lieutenant-Colonel.—A Note
guage with the Zend and Pehlavi on the Winds as influencing the
and the Hebrew. [JL xxiii, 550. Tracks Bailed by Bermuda Vessels ;
and on the advantage which may
Account of a Visit to the Shrine and be derived from sailing on Curved
Town of Sakhi Sarwar in the Lower Courses when meeting with Revolv-
Derajat; with a Notice of the ing Winds. [JL xii, 1104.
Annual Mela or Fair held there.
[JL xxiv, 329. Reynolds, Captain C.S.—A Narrative
of our Connexions with the Dusan-
Notes on Kokan, Knshghar, Yarkand, nee and Chcannce Garrows, with a
and other places in Central Asia. short Account of their Country.
[JL xxvi, 257. [JL xviii, 45.
An Account of the Mountain District Reynolds, H. J.—Notes on the Tribes
forming the western boundary of of the Eastern Frontier, No. III.
the Lower Derajat, commonly called See O'DONUL. J. H. [JL xxxii. 407.
lloh, with Notices of the Tribes Rhodes, Dr. W.—Climate of Chirra
inhabiting it. [Jl. xxvi, 177. Punji. [JL i, 207.
Notes on Kafiristan. [JL xxviii, 317. Richardson, Captain David.—An
An Account of Upper and Lower Account of the Bazeegurs, a sect
Suwat, and the Kohistan, to the commonly denominated the Nuts.
source of the Suwat River, with an [^1*. lies, vii, 457. *
Account of the Tribes inhabiting Richardson, Dr. D.—Journal of a
those valleys. [JL xxxi, 227. March from Ava to Kendat, on the
An Account of Upper Kash-kar and Khyen dwen River, performed in
Ghitral. or Lower Kash-kar, together 1831 under the orders of Major H.
with the Independent Afghan Burney, the Resident at Ava.
State of Panj-korah, including Tal- [JL ii, 69.
ash. [JL xxxiii, 125. The History of Labong from Native
On the Language of the Si-ah-pos'/t Records. [JL vi. 55.
Kan»-B, with a short list of words ; Abstract Journal of an Expedition
to which are added specimens of from Moulmein to Ava through the
Kohiatani and other dialects spoken Kareen country, between December
on the northern border of Afghan- 18:*6 and June 1837. [JL vi, 1005.
istan, &c. [Jl. xxxiii, 267. Journal of a Mission from the
Who were the " Patan" or •« Pathan" Supreme Government of India to
Sultans of Dehli? [JL xliv, pt. i, 24. the Court of Siam.
[JL viii, 1016 ; ix, i, 219.
Reply to several passages in Mr. See BLUKDELL, E.A.
Blochmann's *• Contributions to the Righy Lieutenant.—Memorandum
History and Geography of Bengal," on the usual Building Materials of
No. III. [JL xlv, pt. i. 325. the district of Cuttack, forwarded
Memoir of the Author of the Taba- to the Museum of Economic
kat-i-Nasirf. [JL Ii, pt. i, 77. Geology, with a set'of Specimens.
Rawlins, John.—On the Manners. [JL xi, 836.
Religion and Laws of the Ciicis, or Rivett, Carnac H.— Remarks on Rude
the mountaineers of Tiperaht • Stone Mouuments 1
in Chutia Nagpiir.
[As. Res. ii, 187. [Proc. 1873, 131.
R i v e t t , Oarnao H. (contd.)—Rough R i v e t t , Carnao H. (contd.)—On Stone

Notes on some Ancient Sculpturing^ Implements from the North-West-
on rocks in Kainaon, similar to those ern Provinces of India.
found on monoliths and rocks in [JL Hi, pt. i,221.
Europe. \JL xlvi. pt. i, 1. R o b e r t s , Major R. E.—Specimen of
Figure of Buddha recently found at the Language of the People inha-
Sarnath. [Proc. 1878. 66. biting the Hills in the vicinity of
On 3 Hindoo and 3 Muhammadau Bhagulpoor. [As. If ex. v, 127.
Coins. [Proc. 1879. 64. Robinson, Oapt. Gh H.—Meteorolo-
Memorandum on administrative rules gical Register kept at Kathmandoo
for the Protection of Indian Anti- for the month of March 1834,
quarian Remains. [Proc. 1879. 65. Valley of Nepal. [JL xii, 7G8.
2nd Memorandum on the Preservation
of Antiquarian Remains. Robinson, Wm.—Notes on the Lan-
[Proc. 1879, 153. guages spoken by the various Tribes
Description of some Stone Carvings, inhabiting the valley of Assam and
collected in a Tour through the its mountain confines.
Doab, from Cawnpore to Mainpuri. [JL xviii, 183. 310.
[Proc. 1879, 189. Notes on the Dophlas and the pecu-
liarities of their Language.
Prehistoric Remains in Central India. [Jl.xx, 126.
[JL xlviii, pt. i. 1. Notes on the Languages of the Mi-
The Snake Symbol in India, especially shmis. [Jl. xxiv. 307.
in connection with the worship of R o d g e r s , G. J.—Note on the Death of
Siva. [JL xlviii, pt. i, 17. Hnmayun. [JL xl, pt. i, 133.
Exhibition of a Metal Celt sent by. Coins of Khusrau Shah and Kharran
[Proc. 1880,70. Malik, the Ghaznavi Kings of La-
Memorandum on Buddhist Copper hore. [Proc. 1879. 178.
Coins and Coins of the Sunga The Copper Coins of the old Mahara-
Dynasty. [Proc. 1880. 71. jas of Kashmir.
Memorandum on Clay Discs. Spindle [Jl. xlviii. pt. i. 277.
Whorls, &c. [Proc. 1880, 116. The Copper Coins of the Sultans of
Exhibition of Roman. Indo-Scythian Kashmir. [JL xlviii. pt. i. 282.
and Gupta Coins, belonging to Col. The Coins of the Mah&rajahs of
Berkeley, and sent by. Kangra. [JL xlix, pt i, 10.
[Proc. 1880, 118. Coins supplementary to Thomas'
On Coins from Jellalabnd and Rewah. *• Chronicles of the Pathan Kings
[Proc. 1880, 170. of Delhi." [JL xlix. pt. i. 81, 207.
Memorandum on Coins of the Sunga A find of Coins struck by Gazni
Dynasty. (With three Plates.) Sultans in Lahore. [Proc. 1881, 4.
[Jl. xlix. pt. i, 87. Copper Coins of Akbar.
Memorandum on Clay Discs called [JL xlix, pt. i, 213.
14
Spindle Whorls" and Votive Seals On the Coins of the Sikhs.
found at Sankisa, Behar. and other [•H.l,pt.l v 71.
Buddhist ruins in the North-West- Notes on a List of Silver Coins of
ern Provinces of India. Aurangzeb Alamgir. [Proc. 1883,11.
[Jl xlix, pt. i, 127. " Nisar " Coins sent by.
Note on some Copper Buddhist Coins. [Proc 1883.59.
[JL xlix, pt. i, 138. Note o n a " Nisar " of Shah Jahan in
Exhibition of Stone Implements by. the Delhi Museum.
[Proc. 1882, 6. [Proc. 1883. 112.
Memorandum on a Brass-casting of Coins supplementary to Thomas'
the Arms of the old East India " Chronicles of the Pathan Kings
Company. [Proc. 1883, 79. of Delhi." No. III. [Jl. Hi, pt. i. 55.
Note on some Geological Specimens The Rupees of the Months of the
received from Prof. Dr. Fischer. Ilahi Years of Akbar.
[Proc. 1883,79. [Jl. lii, pt. i, 97.
Note forwarding some Relics from Roepstorff, F. A. de.—A short List of
Er-Lannit<f, and a Memorandum on Andamanese Test-words.
the same by the Count de Limur. [Proc. 1870, 178.
[Proc. 1883, 110. Notes on the Inhabitants of the
Exhibition of a Clay Seal, sent by. Nicobars.
• [Proc. 1883, 113. [Proc. 1876,142; 1881, 7, 104.
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Roer, Dr. E.—Report made by J. Roth, Dr. Rudolph.—On the Litera-
Mohl in the General Meeting- of the ture and History of the Veda.
Asiatic Society of Paris. 31st May. Three Treatises, by Rudolph Roth,
18-41, on the labours of the Com- Ph. Dr.. Stuttgart, 1846. (Trans-
mittee during the nix last months lated by J. Muir, Esq., C. S.)
of 1840, and the nix first months [JL xvi. 812.
of 1841, translated from the French. The most ancient G rammar of the
[Jl. xi. 41 J. Vedas. or the " Pratiakhyasutren."
Descriptive List of some Coins lately Translated from the German by
received from the University of Ludwig E. Rees. [JL xvii, pt. i. ti.
Christiana by the Asiatic Society.
[JL xii, 44.*$. Route Protraction, A method of rec-
BhascaraB Acharyae Siddhauta Shiro- tifying a. [Jl. i, 19.
mani sic dicti operis pars tertia, Row, Dr. J.—Geological Remarks
Gunitadhiam. sive a^tronomiam con- during the March from Benares
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jacit, E. Roer. [,//. xiii. 53. Bankoora, and Burdwau to Barrack-
Index to History of tlie Toorks, by poor. [JL xiii. 862.
Baron Hammer Von PurpBtall. R o w l a t t , Lieut. E. A.—Report of an
[Jl. xiii. 5H0. Expedition into the Mishmee Hills
Veddnta-Sara, or Essence of the Ve- to the north-east of Sudyah.
danta. An Introduction to the [JL xiv, 477.
Vedanta Philosophy by Sndenanda
Parivrdjakacharya. translated from Roxburgh, Dr. William. — Flora
the original Sanscrit. [Jl. xiv. 100. Jndica, or Descriptions of Indian
Review of L'histoire du Buddhism Plants. [JL i, 131.
Indien, par E. Burnouf. On the Lacshd, or Lac Insect.
[Jl. xiv, 783. [A*. Res. ii, 361.
Bhasha Parichcda, or Division of A Description of the Plant Butea.
Language. A logical Treatise, [ As. lies, iii, 469.
translated from the Sanscrit. A Description of the Jonesia.
[Jl. xvi, 157. [^1*. lies. iv. 355.
Review of " A Lecture on the San- Prosopis aculeata. KoBnig. Pstramic
khya Philosophy, embracing the of the Hindus in the Northern Sir-
text of Tattwasamdea." by Dr. J. 11. cars. [As. lies, iv, 405.
Ballantyne, Mirzapore, 1850. Botanical Observations on the Spike-
[JL xx. 397. nard of the ancients, intended as a
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the publications of those which [Ax. lies, iv, 433.
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R o g e r s , Capt. T. E.—Correspondence elastica, or Caout-chouc Vine of
regarding the Coal Beds in the Sumatra and Pullo-pinang, with
Nainsang Nago Hills. an Account of the properties of its
[Jl. xvii, pt. 1. 489 ; xviii, 489. inspissated juice, compared with
R o m a n Alphabet on the adaptation those of the American Caout-chouc.
[AM. Res. v, 167.
to the Orthography of oriental
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skip- [JL i. 202. Butter Tree. [As. ^«*« •*", 477.
ROSS, Lt.-Col. E. C—An Account of Descriptions of several of the monan-
tenets of the lbadhi sect of 'Omiin. drous Plants of India, belonging
[Pror. 1H73. 2. to the natural order called Scita-
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R o y l e , Dr. J. F o r b e s (contd.)—Ex- Sarel, Lieut.-Col.—Notes on the

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Collections in Natural History at Sarcnan, Radhacanta.—Inscriptions
the Meeting of the Asiatic Society on the staff of Firtiz Shah.
on the 7th March. [Jl. i, 90.
List of Articles of Materia Medica [^1* lies, i, 379.
obtained in the Bazars of the Sarnath.—Correspondence relating to
Western and Northern Provinces of the Exploration of the Ruins of.
India. " [Jl. i, 458. [Jl. xxv, 395.
Illustrations of the Botany and other S a s t r i , Prof. Bapudeva—On re-
Branches of the Natural History corded Solar Eclipse.
of the Himalayan Mountains and [Proc. 1867, 174.
of the Flora of Kashmir. Satlaj.—Table shewing the breadth of
[Jl. iii, 530. the river and the rate of its current
Observations on the Graphite or at different stages, from Harrike
Plumbago of Eumaon and of Tra- Pnttan to its junction with the
vancore. (Communicated by the Indus at Mithankot. [Jl. v, 814.
Government of India.) S a z t o n , Colonel.—Letter regarding
[JL xxiv, 203. the fall of an Aerolite at Nidigul-
S t . Barbe, H. L.—Pali Derivations in lain, Yizagapatam district.
Burmese. [Jl. xlviii, pt. i. 253. [Proc. 1870, 64.
St. J o h n , H. C—Remarks on tyinds, Schaffhausen, Prof.—Ethnological
Typhoons, &c, on the south coast Queries. [P,oc. 1879, 200.
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S t . John, R. F.—Letter relative to the Progress of the Magnetic
some Burmese and Arracanese Survey, and of the Researches con-
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On the method employed to remove S c h l a g i n t w e i t , Adolphe and R o -
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S a l e , Lt., on Spheres of Sandstones of the Magnetic Survey of India
found in Cachar. [Proc. 1868, 90. and of the Researches connected
S a m u e l l s , E. A.—A Visit to the Itock- with it in the Himalaya Mountains,
cut Temples of Khandgiri. from April to October 1855.
[Jl. xxv, 222. [Jl. xxv, 105.
Notes on a Forest Race called Puttooas S c h l a g i n t w e i t , Hermann.—Report
or Juanga, inhabiting certain of on the Progress of the Magnetic
the Tributary Mehals of Cuttack. Survey and the Researches connect-
[Jl. xxv, 296. ed with it in Sikkim, the Khasia
S a m u e l l s , J. H.—Notice of Old Tem- Hills and Assam, April to December
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[Proc. 1871,57. Report on the Proceedings of the
S a m u e l l s , Gapt. W. L.—Letter on Magnetic Survey, from January to
Two Copper Axes. [Proc. 1871, 231. May 1856. [Jl. xxv. 554.
Letter on the Rock and Temples at Schlagintweit, Robert de.—Report
Harchoka, Chutia Nagpur. on the Progress of the Magnetic
[Proc. 1871,236. Survey and of the Researches con-
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Samuells when employed as Report on the Proceedings of the
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spirit held in great reverence by Comparative hypaometrical and physi-
the Kiisni, Suri, Markam, Netia, cal Tableau of High Asia, the Andes,
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[Jl. xli.pt. i, 115. See SCHLAUINTWKIT, ADOLPHE.
Sanders, Capt. Edw.—Route from Schlegel, Professor.—Mode of ex-
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Schoniburgh, Sir Robert H.—A Sen, Gopenath (contd.) — Tabular
Visit to Xiengmai, the principal city Statement shewing the Monthly
of the Lacs or Shan States. Rainfall, from January 1837 to
[JL xxxii, 387. November 1808, and the Monthly
Schwendler, Louis—On a Practical Quinquennial Average for each
Method for detecting bad Insulators month during that period, as taken
on Telegraph Lines. [Proc. 1871, 71. at the Surveyor-General's Office,
On the Discharge of long Overland Calcutta. [JL xxxviii, pt. ii.
Telegraph Lines. [Jl. xl, pt. ii, 78. Sen, Ram Comul.—A Short Account
On * Insulator Detector.1 of the Charak Piija Ceremonies,
[Proc. 1872,92. and Description of the Implements
On Differential Galvanometers. used. [JL ii, 609.
[Jl. xli. pt. ii, 144 ; xlii. pt. ii, i.
Exhibition of a Crow's Nest made of Seringapatam—Climate of, Latitude
telegraph wire. [Proc. 1874, 74. 12° 45' N.; Longitude 70° 51' E.
On the General Theory of Duplex [JL iii, 138.
Telegraphy, [Jl. xliii, pt. ii, 1,218 ; Shakespear, A,—Note on the Naviga-
xliv. pt. ii, 47 ; xlv, pt. ii. 1. tion of the River Nurbudda.
On Ailurus fulgens, or " Cat-bear." [JL xiii, 495.
[Proc. 1875, 98. Shakespeare, John. — Observations
Exhibition of Hooper's Telegraph regarding Badhiks and Thegs ; Ex-
Core penetrated by Grass. tracted from au official report.
[Proc. 1875. 158. ['1*. lies, xiii, 282.
Precis of a Report on Electric Light
Experiments. [Proc. 187U, 81. Sharp, D.—Preliminary Diagnoses of
On a new Standard of Light. new Coleopterous Insects belonging
[Jl. xlviii, pt. ii, 83. to the families Dytiscidae. Staphy-
Zoological Notes. [Proc. 1880, 55. linidas. and Scaralnuido;. obtained by
On some Experiments instituted to the late Dr. F Stoliczkn. during the
supply all the Lines terminating at 2nd mission to Yaikand under Sir
the Calcutta Telegraph Office with Douglas Forsyth.
Currents tapped from the Main Cur- [JL xlvii, pt ii, 169.
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On a Simple Method of using an On the Ghalchah Languages (Wakhi
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On some Experiments instituted to Eastern Turkistau.
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Current produced by a Dynamo- [JL xlvii. pt. i, 26.
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Eastern TurkiHtan. With two Turki
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Scott, John.—On the Reproductive [.//. xlvii, pt. i, Extra No. 1.
Functional Relations of several Shaw, Lieut. Thomas.—On the Inha-
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[JL xxxvi. pt. ii, 143. [A*, lit*, iv, 45.
Scully, Dr. J.—See SHAW. R. B. Shastri, Bapu Deva.—Bhaskara's
Seals of the E. I. Company, three old Knowledge of the Differential Cal-
silver. [Proe. 1872, 172. culus. [«#• xxvii, 213.
Semenof, M.—Notes on Central Asia,
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Sen, Gopenath.—Mouthly Mean of —Description of the Buddhist Ruins
the principal Meteorological Ele- at Bakariya Kund, Benares.
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twelve years, from 1856 to 1867. Saidpiir and Blytari.
[JL xxxviii. pt. ii. [JL xxxiv, pt. i. 80.
Sherring, Revd. M.A.., & Home, C. Shortrede, Captn. Robert.—Scheme
(rontd.)—Descriptions of Ancient of a Table for all Time.
Remains of Buddhist Monasteries [JL x, 595.
and Temples, and of other buildings, Table of Proportional Logarithms.
recently discovered in Benares and [,//. x. 713.
its vicinity. [JL xxxv, pt. i, 61. On Equations of Condition for a Qua-
Sherwill, Major J. L.—Journal of a drilateral, common or re-entrant.
Trip undertaken to explore the Gla- [//, xi. 28, 207.
ciers of the Kanchuujingah Group Compendious Logarithmic Tables.
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Sherwell, Oapt. S. R.—The Kurruk- of Angular Geometry." [JL xi, 240.
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Sherwill, Major Walter Stanhope. Comparison of the Areas of Plane and
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Note on the Geological Features of A Perpetual Moon Table. [JL xii, 103.
Zillah Behar. [Jl. xv, 55. A Companion on the Moon Table.
Geological Notes on Zillah Shahabad, [Jl. xii, 231.
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Note on the Bird-devouring Habits of Charka, lat. 24° 06', long. 81° 02'. on
a species of Spider. [JL xix, 474. the morning of the 11th April 1842.
[JL xii. 235.
A short Notice of an Ancient Colossal Remarks on some of the Disturbing
Figure carved in Granite on the Causes in Barometric Observations.
Mandar Hill in the district of Bha- [JL xii, 293.
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A Sketch of the Behar Mica Mines. Showers, Lieut.-Col. St. G-. D.—
[Jl. xx, 295. Translation of an Inscription on a
Notes upon a Tour through the Raj- Gun at Moorshedabad,with remarks.
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Notes upon a Tour in the Sikkim
Himalaya Mountains, undertaken On the Meenas, a wild Tribe of Central
for the purpose of ascertaining the India. [Proc. 1869,238.
Geological Formation of Kunchin- Sickdhar, Radhanath.—An Account
jinga and of the perpetually snow- of the Table used for reducing
covered Peaks in its vicinity. Barometrical Observations to 32°
[«//. xxii, 540, 611. Fahrenheit, taken in the Surveyor-
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the Himalaya Mountains during Siddons, Lieut. H.—Observations of
the summer of 1852. the Tides at Chittagoug, made in
[JL xxiii, 49. conformity with the Circular of the
Notes upon some remarkable Water- Asiatic Society. [Jim Yi} 949.
spouts seen in Bengal between the Siddons, Lieut. Or. R.—Translation
years 1852 and 1860. [JL xxix, 366. of one of the Granthas, or sacred
Sherwood, Dr.—Of the Murderers books of the Dadupanthi Sect.
called Phansfgars. [JL vi, 480.
[As. Res. xiii, 250. Extracts translated from the Grantha*,
Shore, Sir John.—Translation of an or sacred books of the Dadupanthi
Inscription in the Mega language Sect. [jl, vi, 7oO.
engraved on a Silver Plate found in Translation of the " Vichitra Natak,"
a Cave near Islamabad. or ''Beautiful Kpitomc."—a frag-
[As. Res. ii. 383. ment of the Sikh Granth entitled
A Discourse delivered at a Meeting of " the Book of the Tenth Pontiff."
the Asiatick Society on the 22nd [JL xix, 521; xx, 314, 487.
May 1794. [-rl*. iff*, iv, 1*1. Simpson, W.—Exhibition of Gold
On some Extraordinary Facts, Cus- Coins from the Ahin Posh Tope
toms, and Practice* of the Hindus. near Jelalabad, found by.
[As. lies, iv, 331. [Proc. 1879, 77.
Simson, A.—Letter descriptive of Hail- Smith, Vincent A.—Popular Songs
storm at Shainnagar. of the Hamf rpur District in Bundel-
[Proc. 1883, 58. khand, N. W. P.
Sinclair, P. G.—Table of the Times [Jl. xliv, pt. i,389 ; xlv, pt. i, 279.
of High Water at the principal Notes on the Bliars and other Early
places between Calcutta and Point Iuhabitants of Buudelkhaud.
Palmiras. [Jl. iii. 408. [Jl. xlvi. pt. i, 227.
Sind, Earthquake in. [Proc. 1871, 56. Notes on two Ancient Copper-plate
Singapiir Climate of. [Jl. ii. 428. Inscriptions found in the Hamfrpiir
Sivatnerium, Additional fragments District, N. W. P. With a Note by
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Sjatterapoer, On the identity of, with
Jatrapur. [Prov. 1874, 19. Exhibition of Coins Bent.
Slater, Revd. S.—A Tale by Insha by [Proe. 18S0,118.
Allah Khaan, translated. Contributions to the History of
Bundelkhand. [Jl. 1, pt. i. 1.
[Jl. xxiv, 79. Letter regarding a Catalogue of the
Sleeman, Capt. W. H.—History of Gold Coins of the Gupta Dynasty.
the Gurha Mundala Rajas. IProv. 1883,110.
[Jl. vi, 621. The Salivahaoa Era. [Proc. 1883,144.
Smith, A.—On Earthquakes at Chitta-
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Smith, Dr. D. Boyes, on Andamanese. Observations on some Chandel Anti-
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on Fossil Bones collected on the Snake discovered in the Doad, On
Jamna. [Jl. ii, 622. a new Species of. [Jl. iv, 217.
Smith, Frederick.—List of Hymenop- Somnath, Documents relating to the
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borg east of Moulmain, Tenasserim Spilsbury, Dr. George G.—Geologi-
Provinces, during the months of cal Section across the Valley of the
December 1876, January, March and Nerbudda from Tendukheri to Bit-
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Notice of new Sites of Fossil Deposits
Smith, J.—Specimen of the Burmese in the Nerbudda Valley. [Jl. vi. 487.
Drama. [Jl. viii, 535. On Fifteen Varieties of Fossil Shells
Smith, Lieut. J.—Sce HUTTON, T. G. found in the Saugor and Nerbudda
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Emperors, from Umeer Tymoor to Nurbudda; illustrated by Specimens
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from A. H. 736 to 117:$, or A. D. Notes of a March from Brimhan Ghat
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Smith, Lieut. R. Baird.—The Gal- the source of that river.
vanic Battery in its various Prac- [Jl. ix, 889.
tical Applications as an Igniting Notes on Fossil Discoveries in the
Agent. [./Z. ix, 1149. valley of the Nerbudda. [Jl. x, 626.
Memorandum on the Organization of Notes on Nerbudda Fossils.
a Museum of Economic Geology for [Jl. xiii. 765.
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British Iudia, to be established at on Earthquakes, called K.ishf as
Agra. [Jl. x, 779. Salsalah 'an wasf Azzal-zalah, ?>.,
Notes on the Recent Earthquakes on removing the noisef rom the descrip-
the North-Western Frontier. tion of the Earthquakes (or clearing
. „ [•/*• xi, 242. up the description of Earthquakes.)
Memoir on Indian Earthquakes. Translated from the Arabic.
[Jl. xii, 258, 1029 ; xiii. 964. [Jl. xii, 741.
Register of Indian and Asiatic Earth- Some original passages on the Early
quakes for the year 1843. Commerce of tfie Arabs.
[Jl. xiv, 604. [Jl. xiii, 519.
Sprenger, Dr. A. (contd.) —- Notices Spry, Henry Harper.—Note on

of some copies of the Arabic work Indian Saline Deposit. [JL i. 503.
entitled " Rasayil Ikhwanal-cafa." Note on the Fossil Palms and Shells
[Jl. xvii. pt. i, 601. lately discovered ou the Table-land
Notice of the Ikhwan-al-cafa. of Sagar in Central India.
[Jl. xvii. pt. ii, 183. [Jl. ii, 639.
Ballamy's Translation of the History
of Tabary, and Ghazzaly's History S t a c y , Major D. L.—Note on two
of the Prophets. Coins of the same species as those
[Jl. xvii, pt. ii, 437. found at Behat, having Greek In-
scriptions. [JL iii, 431.
A passage from Ibn Qotaybah's Adab
al Katib' on Arabic Astronomy. Stacy, Lieut.-Col. L. R.—Note on
[Jl. xvii, pt. ii. 659. the Discovery of a Relic of Grecian
Notice of a copy of the fourth volume Sculpture in Upper India.
of the original text of Tabary. [JL v. 567.
[Jl. xix, 108. S t a r s to be observed with the Moon
On the Ghassanite Sings. in May 1834, Catalogue of.
[Jl. xix, 469. [JL iii, 139.
Foreign words occurring in the Qoran. Steel, Lt. E. H.—On an Earthquake
[JL xxi, 109. in Upper Assam. [Pror. 1870. 222.
Observations on the Physiology of the Letter on Jade Celts found in Assam.
Arabic Language. [Jl. xx, 115. [Proa. 1870, 267.
The initial letters of the Nineteenth
Surah of the Qoran. [Jl. xx, 280. Stephen son, J.—On the Saline Nature
of the Soil of Ghnzipoor and Manu-
Chronology of Makkah and the Hijaz facture of Common Salt, as practised
before Mohammad, chiefly founded by the Natives of the villages of
upon Genealogy. [Jl. xx, 349. Tuttulapoor. Ratouly, Sahory. Chilar
On the Earliest Biography of Moham- and Becompoor. [JL iii, 36.
mad. [Jl. xx, 395.
On the Efflorescence of Ehari Nrfn, or
Has Sady of Shyraz written Rekhtah Sulphate of Soda, as found native in
Verses? [JL xxi, 513. the soil of Tirhut and Sarun in the
Mohammad's Journey to Syria, and province of Behar. [JL iii, 188.
Professor Fleischer's Opinion there-
on. [JL xxi, 576. Excursions to the Ruins and Site of
The first volume of the original text an Ancient City near Bakhra. 13 cos
of Tabary. [JL xxii, 195. north of Patna, and six north from
Early Hindiistany Poetry. Singhea. [Jl. iv, 128.
[JL xxii, 442. Note on the Vegetable Impressions in
Catalogues of Oriental Libraries. Agates. [Jl. iv, 507.
[JL xxii. 535. Specimens of the Soil and Salt from
Manuscripts of the late Sir H. Elliot, the Samar. or Sambhur Lake Salt
K.C.B. [JL xxiii. 225. Works. Collected by Lieut. Arthur
Notes on Alfred von Kremer's edition Conolly. . [JL v, 798.
of Wakidy's Campaigns.
[JL xxv, 53,199. S t e v e n s o n , J.—On the Manufacture
of Saltpetre as practised by the
Notices on the e>>iJU b*)* of Moha- Natives of Tirhiit. [JL ii, 23.
saby, being the earliest work on
Siifism as yet discovered, and on an Notice of a Native Sulphate of Alu-
Arabic Translation of a work as- mina from the Aluminous Rocks of
cribed to Enoch. [JL xxv, 133. Ni1
The Copernican System of Astronomy Notice of a Native Sulphate of Iron
among the Arabs. [JL xxv, 189. from the Hills of Behar. and used
On the Origin and Progress of writing Native Dyers' of Patna. [Jl. ii, 321.
down historical facts among the Notice of Analysis of the Ashes of
Musalmans. [JL xxv. 303. 375. four Indian Plants. [Jl. ii, 322.
Remarks on Barbier de Meynard's Restoration and Translation of some
edition of Ibn Khordadbeh and on Inscriptions at the Caves of Carli.
the Land-tax of the Empire of the [Jl. iii, 495.
Khalyfs. [JL xxxv, pt. i, 124. S t e v e n s o n , Capt. J. F.—Account of
Sprenger, Dr.—Ou Mahomedan Con- a Visit to the Hot Springs of Pai in
quest of Arabia. [Proc. 1865, 100. the Tavoy District. [JL xxxii, 383.
Sftewart, Dr. Duncan.—Statistical Stoliozka, Dr. Ferd. (contd.)—Note
Record of the duration of diseases on the Kjokkenmoddings of the
in 13.019 fatal cases in Hindoos— Andaman Llnnds. [Proc. 1S70, 13.
Extraordinary mortality among Note on a few Species of Andamanese
Lying-in Women. [Jl. viii, 316. Land-shells. [Proc. 1870, 86.
Stewart, Dr. J. L.-—Memoranda on Note on Three Species of Batracchia
the Peshawur Valley, chiefly regard- from Moulmein. [Proc. 1870, 272.
ing its Flora. [Jl. xxxii, 219. Observations on some Indian and
Notes of Observations on the Boksas Malayan Amphibia ana Reptilia.
of the Bijnour District. [Jl. xxxix. pt. ii, 134.159.
[Jl. xxxiv, pt. ii, 147. A Contribution to Malayan Ornitho-
On Carnivorous Habits of Bears. logy- [•#. xxxix, pt. ii. 277.
[Proc. 1867,115. Observation on Indian and Malayan
Telphusidce. • [Proc. 1871, 84.
Stewart, Lieut. R.—Notes on North- On the Anatomy of Cremnoconchus.
ern Oachar. [Jl. xxiv. 582. [Proc. 1871, 108.
A slight Notice of the Grammar of the Notes on Terrestrial Mollusca from
Thadou or new Kookie language. the neighbourhood of Moulmein
[JL xxv, 178. (Tenasserim Provinces), with Des-
Stirling, Andrew.—An Account, Geo- criptions of new Species.
graphical. Statistical and Historical, [Jl. xl. pt. ii, 143, 217.
of Orissa Proper, or Cuttack. Notes on some Indian and Burmese
[As. Res. xv. 163. Ophidians. [Jl. xl, pt. ii. 421.
History of the Rajas of Orissa. from Notes on the Reptilian and Ainplii-
the reign of Raja Yudhistira. bian Fauna of Kachh.
Translated from the Vansavali. [Proc. 1872, 71.
[Jl. vi. 756. Notes on Reptiles, collected by Sur-
S t i r l i n g , Edward.—Price of Grain at geon F. Day in Siud.
Allygurh. near Delhi, from the year [Proc. 1872, 85.
1801 to 1832 inclusive. [JL iii, 620. Observations on Indian Batracchia.
Notes on the Manners and Habits of [Proc. 1872,101.
the Torkoman Tribes, with some Notes on some new Species of Reptilia
Geographical Notices of the Country and Amphibia, collected by Dr. W,
they occupy. [Jl. x. 290. Waagen in North-Western Panjab.
Stoliczka, Dr. Ferd.—Note on Lago- [Proc. 1872, 124.
mys Curzonice, Hodgson. Note on a few Burmese Species of
[Jl. xxxiv. pt. ii, 108. Sauria, Ophidia and Batrachia.
On Nanina polhix and Helix prop in- [Proc. 1872,143.
qna. [Proc. 1868. 263. Notes on various new or little-known
On Say art ia Schiller I ana and Mem~ Indian Lizards.
branipora Bengalensis. [Jl. xli,pt. ii, 86,117.
[Proc. 1868. 263. Postscript to the Monograph of Hima-
On the Eclipse of 18th August 1868. layan and Burmese Clausilia.
[Proc. 1868, 275.
Ornithological Observations in the [Jl. xli, pt. ii, 207.
Sutlej Valley, N. W. Himalaya. Notice of the Mammals and Birds
[Jl. xxxvii, pt. ii. 1. inhabiting Kachh.
On the Anatomy of Sagartia SchiU [Jl. xli,pt.ii, 211.
leriana and Memhranipora Bengal- On the Land-shells of Penang Island,
ensis, a new Coral and a Bryozoon with Descriptions of the Animals
living in brackish water at Port and Anatomical Notes; part first,
Canning. [Jl. xxxvii, pt. ii. 28. Cyclostomacea. {Jl* xli, pt. ii. 261.
Observation regarding the changes of On the Land-Rhells of Penang Island,
organs in certain Mollusca. with Descriptions of the Animals
[Proc. 1869,187. and Anatomical Notes \part second,
The Malacology of Lower Bengal and llelicacea. (with Pis. MIL)
the adjoining provinces.
[Jl. xxxviii, pt. ii, 86. [.//. xlii, pt. ii. 11.
Contribution towards the knowledge Notes on some Species of Malayan
of Indian Arachnoidea. Amphibia and Reptilia.
[«//. xxxviii, pt. ii, 201. [Jl. xlii, p t i i , HI.
Observations on Chamceleo vulgaris. Notes on the Indian Species of Thely-
[Proc. 1870,1.
phonus. [Jl. xlii, pt. ii, 126.
184 Appendix D. [PART
S t o l i c z k a , Dr. Ferd. (rontd.)—Contri- Strutt, Major O. H.—On Coins •*

bution towards a Monograph of the Sophy tus. [Proc. 1867, 106.
Indian Passalidse. Stubbs, Major P. W.—Letter regard-
[JL xiii.pt. ii. 149. ing' Inscriptions, &c, found at
Note on some Andamanese and Nico- Attock. [Proc. 1870, 241.
barese Reptiles.with the Description Letter on Counterfeit Coins.
of three new Species of Lizards. [Proc. 1870, 302.
[JL xlii. pt. ii, 162. Letter on a new Coin. [Proc, 1871,97.
Descriptions of two new Species of S t u l p n a g e l , C. R.—Coins of Ghias-
Indian Land-shells. ud-diu and Mu'nz-ud-din bin Sam.
[JL xlii, pt. ii, 1G9. [.//. xlix. pt. i. 29.
See THEOBALD, W. Sutherland, J. G. C—Sisupala Badha,
S t o l i c z k a , Dr. F., and Blanford, H. or Death of Sisupala by Mdgha.
F.—Catalogue of the Specimens of Translated with Annotations.
Meteoric Stones and Meteoric Irons [JL viii, 1C.
in the Museum of the Asiatic So- See O'SHAUGIINESSY. DR. W. B.
ciety of Bengal. Calcutta, corrected S w i n e y , Dr. J.—On the Explanation
up to January 1866. of Indo-Scythic Legends of the Bac-
[JL xxxv. pt. ii, 43. trian Coins, through the medium of
S t o n e y , R. V.—Letter on a Specie of the Celtic. [JL vi, 98.
Calcareous Tufa. [Proc. 1870. 135. Swinhoe, Robert.—Ornithology of
S t r a c h e y , Edward—On the Early Amoy. [JL xxix, 240.
History of Algebra. [Ax. Hex. xii. 159. S w y n n e r t o n , R e v . Chas.—On a Celt
S t r a c h e y , Lt. Henry.—Narrative of of the Palaeolithic type, found at
a Journey to Cho Lagan (Rakas Thandiani. Punjab, September 10th,
Tal), Cho Mapan (Manasarowar). 1880, by Charles Massy-Swynnertou.
and the valley of Pruang in Gnari, [Prop. 1880, 175.
Hundes, in September and Oct. Kote on a Specimen of Yusaf zai Sculp-
1840. [Jl. xvii. pt. ii. 127. ture. [Proc. 1880, IDG.
Narrative of a Journey to Cho Lagan Folktales from the Upper Punjab.
(Rakas Tal). Cho Mapan (Mana- [JL LII,pt. I. 81.
earowar), and the valley of Pruang S y d e n h a m , Gapt. G.—An Account of
in Gnari (Hundes), in September Bijapiir in 1811. [As. lies, xiii, 433.
and October 1846. S y k e s , Col. W. H.—Catalogue of
[Jl. xvii, pt. ii, 327. Mammalia observed in the Dukhun,
Explanation of the ElevationR of [JLi, 161.
places between Almorah and Gan- Catalogue of Birds of the Raptorial
gri. [Jl. xviif pt. ii, 527. and I ii seasonal Orders, (systemati-
Note on the Construction of the Map cally arranged,) observed in the
of the British Himalayan Frontier Dakhan. [.//. iii, 418.
in Kumaon and Gnrhwal. Catalogue of Birds of the Insessorial
[Jl. xvii, pt. ii, 532. Order in the Dakhan. [.//. iii, r>36.
S t r a c h e y , Colonel R.—Note on the Catalogue of Birds (systematically
Motion of the Glacier of the Pindur arranged.) of the Uasorial, Grallato-
in Kumaon. [JL xvii, pt. ii. 203. rial.and Natatorial Orders, observed
A Description of the Glaciers of the in the Dakhan. [Jl. iii. r>S)7. C3U.
Pindur and Kuphilee Rivers in the Specimens of Buddhist Inscriptions,
Knmaon Himalaya. [JL xvi. 794. with Symbols, from the west of
On the Snow-line in the Himalaya. India. [Jl, vi, 1038.
[JL xviii, 287. S y m e s , Capt. Michael—Of the City
Notice of a Trip to the Niti Pass. of Pegue, and the Temple of Shoe-
[JL xix. 79. madoo Praw. [As. Hex. v, 111.
Notice of Lieut. Strachcy's Scientific Tagore, G. M.—On Translation of
K Technical Terms.
[Ih-oc. 1866,145,172.
Memorandum on Mr. Blyth's paper Tanner, Capt. H.—Note on the Asur-
on the Animals known as Wild har of the Ilajmahal Hills.
Asses. [JL xxix, 136. [JL iv, 707.
On Barometrio and other Curves. Tanner, Major H. G. B.—Remarks on
[Proc. 1871.64. the Eclipse of 18th Angust 1868.
Observation on the Causes of the Daily [Proc. 1868, 201).
Maxima aud Miuima of Barometric Extract from a Letter on the Kafir
Pressure. [Proc. 1871. 15. Language. [Proc. 187'J, 75.
fWa w n e v C.H.—Remarks on Fire Sticks. | Tennant, Col. J. F. (eontd.)—Results
[Proc. 1881,74. deducible from Eclipse of August
Exhibition of a rare Coin of Sophy- 1868. \_Proc. 1808. 273.
tes. [l*roo. 1881, 104. Memorandum on the Total Eclipse of
Taylor, Dr. James.—Remarks on the December 11, (12), 1871.
Sequel to the Periplus of the Ery- [Proc. 171, 128.
threan Sea, and on the country of Suggestions for Visitors to the Total
the Seres, as described by Ammi- Eclipse on 12th December 1871.
anus Marcellinus. [JL xvi, 1. [Pror.. 1871,150.
Taylor, Lieut. Q-. J.—A Brief Account On some Experiments made at II. M.'s
of the System adopted by Divers in Mint in Calcutta on Coining Silver
the Deccan, for the Recovery of into Rupees. [JL xlviii, pt. ii, 56.
Valuables lost in the Tanks and Letter regarding Newcomb's Astrono-
Rivers of that Province. \Jl. iii. 45. mical Papers. [Pror. 1880, 41.
Taylor, R., Esq.—On Changes of Mad- Account of the Verification of somo
ras Coast. [ Pror. 1806,51. • Standard Weights, with considera-
Taylor, T. G\—Determination of the tions on Standard Weights in ge-
Errors of Division of the Mural neral. [Jl. xlix, pt. ii, 41.
Circle at the Madras Observatory. Table of Predictions of the Eclipse of
[Jl. iii, 403. the Sun, May 16th, 17th, 18S2.
Collimation Error of Astronomical [Pror. 1881,88.
Înstruments. \_Jl. iv, 258. Photographs of Terra del Fuego
Observations of the Magnetic Dip and Savages, forwarded by.
Intensity at Madras. [Jl. vi, 374. [Pror. 1881,152.
Taylor, Major T. M.—Progress Re- Theobald, W.—Indian Oology. Notes
port of the Boring Experiment in on the Nidification of some of the
Fort William. [Jl.. vi, 234. commoner Birds of the Salt Range,
Taylor, Revd. William.—Examina- with a few additional, from Kashmir.
tion and Analysis of the Mackenzie [Jl. xxiii, 589.
Manuscripts deposited in the Madras Notes on the Geology of the Panjab
College Library. [Jl. vii, 105,173. Salt Range. [JL xxiii, 651.
Second Report on the Examination Indian Oology. [Jl. xxiv, 520.
and Restoration of the Mackenzie Notes on the Distribution of some of
Manuscripts. [JL vii, 371, 469. the Land and Fresh-water Shells of
Tea P l a n t , Discovery of the Genuine, India. Part I.
in Upper Assam. [JL iv, 42. [Jl. xxvi. 245 ; xxvii, 313.
Temple, Capt. R. C.—The Lokaniti, Descriptions of some new Burmese and
translated from the Burmese Para- Indian Helicidac, with Remarks on
phrase. [JL xlvii. pt. i, 239. some previously described species.
Rough Notes on the Distribution of [Jl. xxviii, 305.
the Afghan Tribes about Kandahar. Notes of a Trip from Simla to the Spiti
[JL xlviii. pt. i, 181. Valley and Chomoriri (Tshomoriri)
Notes on the Formation of the Country Lake during the months of July,
passed through by the 2nd Column August and September. 1861.
Tal Chotiali Field Force during its [JL xxxi, 480.
march from Kala Abdullah Khan in Notes on the Distribution of Indian
the Khojak Pass to Lugari Barkhan. terrestrial Gasteropoda, considered
Spring of 1879. with reference to its bearing on the
[JL xlviii, pt. ii, 103. origin of species. [JL xxxii, 354.
Letter regarding an Inscription at Notes on the variation of someÎndian
Sultanpur. IProc. 1880, 10. and Burmese Helicidae, with an
Exhibition of Afghan Helmet. attempt at their re-arrangement,
[Pror. 1880, 171. together with descriptions of new
Remarks on the Afghans found along Burmese Gasteropoda.
the Route of the Tal Chotiali Field [Jl. xxxiii, 238.
Force in the spring of 1879.
[JL xlix.pt. i, 91,143. Theobald, W.—On Stone Implements.
Some Hindu Folksongs from the [Pror. 1865,126.
Panjab. [Jl. li, pt. i, 151. Observations on certain Strictures
Tennant, Col. J. F.—Reply to Mr. by Mr. H. F. Blanford on W. Theo-
Pratt's Letter to the Asiatic Journal bald's Paper on the Distribution of
Indian Gasteropoda.
on the Indian Arc of Meridian.
[JL xxviii, 17. [JL xxxiv, pt. ii, 60.
n
186 Appendix D. [PAKT 1.
Theobald, W. (eontd.)—Notes on a Thomas, Edward—On Sassanian*

Collection of Land and Fresh-water Coins. [•/*. xx, 625.
Shells from the Shan States. Col- An Account of eight Ktific Silver
lected by F. Fedden, Esq., 1864-65. Coins. [Jl- xx, 637.
[Jl. xxxiv, pt. ii, 273.
On Netokia Indica. [Proc. 1866, 239. Note on Col. Stacey's Ghazni Coins.
Catalogue of Reptiles in the Museum [Jl. xxi, 115.
of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Note on the present state of the
[Jl. xxxvii, pt. ii, extra No. Excavations at Sarnath.
Descriptions of some new Land Shells [Jl. xxiii, 469.
from the Shan States and Pegu. On the Epoch of the Gupta Dynasty.
[JL xxxix, pt. ii, 395. [Jl. xxiv. 371.
Notes on Stone Implements of Burma. On the Coins of the Gupta Dynasty.
[Proc. 1869, 181. [Jl. xxiv, 483.
Note on some Agate Beads from North- Ancient Indian Numerals.
Western India. \_Proc. 1869, 253. [Jl. xxiv. 651.
Remarks on a Stone Implement from Catalogue of the Coins in the Cabinet
Burmah. IP toe. 1870, 220. of the late Col. Stacy, with the
estimated prices attached.
Note regarding certain Type Specimens [Jl. xxvii, 261.
of Batrachia in the Asiatic Society's On Ancient Indian Weights.
Museum. [Proc. 1873.110. [Jl. xxxiii, 251 ; xxxiv. pt. i, 14, 151.
Descriptions of new Species of Unio- On Double Currency. [Proc. 1865, 208.
niila. [Jl. xlii, pt. ii, 207. On Arian Alphabets. [Proc. 1866. 138.
Observations on some Indian and Bur- On Arian Alphabets. [Proc. 1867, 33.
mese Species of lYionyx. The Initial Coinage of Bengal.
[Proc. 1874, 75. [Jl. xxxvi, pt. i, 1 ; xlii, pt. i, 343.
Letter forwarding two Perforated Stone On a Coin of Plato. [Proc. 1872,174.
Implements found at Kharakpur, in Readings of rare Bengal Coins.
the Moiighyr District. [Proc. 1872, 199.
[Proc. 1875, 102. On a Coin of Kunanda.
Observations on Rome Indian and Bur-
mese Species of Tr'wnyx.with a Recti- [Proc. 1875,163.
fication of their Synonymy and a Note on Jainism. [Proc. 1879,1.
Description of two new Species. The Revenues of the Mughal Empire.
[Proc. 1875,170. [Jl. 1, pt. i, 147.
Descriptions of some new Land and Thomason, J.—Report on the Settle-
Fresh-water Shells from India and ment of the Ceded District of Azim-
Burmah. [Jl. xlv, pt. ii, 183. gurh, commonly called Cbaklah-
Remarks on Mr. Campbell's Paper on Azimgurh. [Jl. viii, 77.
Himalayan Glaciation in the Jour- Thompson, Oapt. W. B.—Note on
nal A. S. B., No. 1, Part II, 1877. the Baigas of Bdlagbdt.
[Proc. 1877,137. [Proc. 1872,172.
Notes on the Land and Fresh-water
Shells of Kashmir, more particularly Thomson, Capt. J.—Rules for
of the Jhilum valley below Srina- calculating the Lengths of the
gar and the Hills north of Jamu. Drop-bars of Suspension Bridges,
[Jl. xlvii, pt. ii, 141. the Length and Deflection of the
List of Nollvsca from the Hills Chain, Rise of the Roadway, &c.
between Mari and Tandiani. [Jl. iv, 222.
[Jl. 1. pt. ii, 44. Table shewing the Weight or Pressure
Theobold, W., and Stoliczka, Dr. F. wbich a Cylindrical Wrought-iron
—Notes on Burmese and Arakanese Bolt will sustain when supported
Land Shells, with Descriptions of a at the ends, and bonded in the
new Species. \_w. x*i, p«. n. •#*</. middle of its length. [Jl. iv. 225.
Thibaut. Dr. Gk—On the S'ulvasiitras. A Table of the Scantlings of Beams of
[Jl xliv. pt. i, 227. Teak or of Saul Wood, to sustain a
Contributions to the Explanation of Terrace Roof not exceeding seven
the JyotiBha-Vedanga. inches in thickness; the deflection
[Jl. xlvi, pt. i, 411. not to exceed one-fortieth of an
On the Stiryaprajtfapti. inch for each foot of length.
[Jl. xlix, pt. i, 107,181. [Jl. v, 227.
PART I.] Appendix D. 187'
Thomson, Thos.—Notes on the Herba- Tickell, Lieut.-Ool. S. R. (contd.)—
rium of the Calcutta Botanic Garden, Notes on the Heuxna or " Shendoos,"
with Especial Reference to the com- a Tribe inhabiting the Hills north
pletion of the Flora Indica. of Arakan. [JL xxi, 207
[JL xv, 405. Description of a new Species of Horn-
Thuillier, Genl. H. E. L.—A bill, by Capt S. R. Tickell, Principal
Tabular view of the fall of Rain Assistant Commissioner, Tenasserim -
and other remarkable Meteorologi- Provinces. [JL xxiv, 285.
cal Phenomena in Calcutta from
1829 to 1847. [JL xvii, pt. i, 349. Itinerary, with Memoranda, chiefly
Meteorological Summary for 1847. Topographical and Zoological,
[Jl. xvii, pt. i, 550. through the southerly portions of
Memorandum on the Survey of Kash- the district of Amherst, province
mir in progress under Capt. T. G. of Tenasserim. [JL xxviii, 421.
Montgomerie.and the Topographical Order Chelonia. [JL xxxi, 367..
Map of the valley and surrounding
mountains, with Chart of the Memoranda relative to three Anda-
Triangulation of the same executed manese in the charge of Major
in the Field office, and under the Tickell, when Deputy Commis-
superintendence of Lieut.-Colonel sioner of Amherst, Tenasserim, in
A. Scott Waugh. Surveyor-General 1861. [JL xxxiii, 162.
of India, Dehra-Dun, May 1859. Note on the Gibbon (Hylobates lar)»
[JL xxix, 20. of Tenasserim. [JL xxxiii, 196*
Remarks on the connection of the Description of a supposed new genus
Brahmaputra and Sanpii. of the GadidsB, Arakan.
[Proc. L878, 26. [Jl. xxxvii, pt. ii. 32.
Thurburn, Capt.—Report on the Grammar of the Ho Language. (Ko-
Turan Mall Hill, addressed to R. N. lurian Aborigines.)
C. Hamilton, Esquire, Resident at [JL xxxv, pt. ii, Extra No. 268. -
Indore. [JL xx. 502. Tide, Register of the Rise and Fall of
Tibetan Frontier, Correspondence of the, at Prince of Wales Island and
the Commissioners deputed to the. Singapore. [JL xi, 149, 263. 359.
[Jl. xvii, pt. i, 89.
Tickell, Lieut.-Colonel S. K. -List Tides, Results of the Observations
of Birds collected in the Jungles of made on the. at Madras, from the
Borabhum and Dholbhiim. 31st May to the 10th October 1821,
[JL ii, 569. by means of a Tide-gauge fixed
Memoir on the Hodesum (improperly near the north-east angle of the
called Kolehan). [JL ix, 694, 783. Fort. [JL iv, 325.
Grammatical construction of the Ho Tides, Succinct Review of the Observ-
Language. [JL ix, 997. ations of the, in the Indian Archi-
Vocabulary of the Ho Language. pelago, made during the year 1839,
[JL ix, 1063. by order of his Excellency the
Supplementary Note to the Memoir Governor-General of His Nether-
on the Hodesum. [J. x, 30. landish Majesty's possessions, 20th
Notes on the Bendkar, a People of October 1838, No. 3. [Jl- *, 302.
Keonjur. [JL xi, 205. Todd, Major.—Report of a Journey
Mauis Crassicaudata., (Auct.) M. Pen- from Herat to Simla, via Candahar,
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Note on an Inscription from Oodeypore Second Report on the Tin of Mergui.
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On a Cylinder and certain Gems, col- Report, &c, with information con-
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[Jl. xix, 77.
Troyer, Captn. A.—Remarks upon the
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Turner, Lieut. Samuel.—An Ac-
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[Jl. xi, 1136. supposed to be alluded to in the
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Ward. G. E.—On Budhist Remains. Waterhouse, Major J. (contd.)—On
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Ward, Major.—Some Account of the Photography in connection with the
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Pilgrimage undertaken by an U's- count of a Sect of Hindu Schis-
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[JL iv, 477. A short Account of Khyrpoor and the
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1
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"Wilkins, Charles.—A Royal Grant of [^l.v. Rex. xvii, 559.
Land, engraved on a Copperplate, Remarks on the portion of the Diony-
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Translation of the Elements of Eu- [Proe. 1869. 109.
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[Jl. xxxiii, 189. W i s e , Dr. T. A.—An Experimental
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British Trade with Western China by the Natives of Bengal for mak-
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persons bitten by Snakes. Towers of the British Islands.
* [Ax. Res. ii, 328. [Jl. xxxiii, 552.
W i l l i a m s o n , Lieut. W. J.—A Voca- Withecombe, Dr. J. R.—Mean Tem-
bulary of the Garo and Konch perature and fall of rain at Darjil-
Dialects. [Jl, xxxviii, pt. i, 14. inff, Sikkim, Himalayan, 1848 to
Willson, W. G.—Observations on Mr. 1855. \Jl- " V i 63.
BlaufordSs Paper on the Normal Wood, Browne.—Extracts from a
Rainfall of Bengal. [P;w, 1870, 225. Report of a Journey into the Naga
An Account of the Occurrence of a Hills, in 1844. [Jl. xni, 771.
Whirlwind in the neighbourhood of
Calcutta. [Proe. 1872, UG. Wood, Lieut.—Report on the River
Indus (Sections 1 to 5). [Jl. x, 518.
W i l s o n , Horace Hayman.—An Essay
on the Hindu History of Cashmir. Wood-Mason, James.-On Polydao-
[Ax. Rex. xv, 1. tylism in a Horse. [Proe. 1871, 18.
A Sketch of the Religious Sects of the Contributions to Indian Carcinology.
Hindus. [^1*. Be*, xvi. I ; xvii, 169. —On Indian and Malayan Telphu-
Sanskrit Inscriptions ac Abu. sidae. Piirt 1. •
IA*. Rex. xvi, 284. [Jl. xl, pt. ii, 189, 201, 449.
194 Appendix D. [PART i.
"Wood-Mason, J a m e s (contdJ—TXe- Wood-Mason, J a m e s (contd.)—Exhi-

marks on Mr. Peal's Account of bition of forms of Arthropod a,
several Naga Tribes in Asam. new to India, and of some remark-
{Proc. 1872, 49. able Species of Mantidoe ; with Re-
On NepJiropxis Stewarti, a new Genus marks on the use of the femoral
and Species of Macrurous Crus- brushes of the Mant idee.
taceans, dredged in deep water off {Proc 1876, 174.
the Eastern Coast of the Andaman Description of a new Species of
Islands. \_Proe. 1872, 151. Ph as mi dee. {JL xlv. pt. ii, 47.
Description of a new Species of
Note on certain Species of Phasmida, Getoniidce. {Jl. xlv. pt. ii, 52.
hitherto referred to the genus Bacil- Descriptions of new Species of
lus. {Proc. 1873,148. Mutinies belonging to the Genus
Remarks on a Specimen of Carcmim PanestJiia. {Jl. xlv. pt. ii, 189.
Manas, Pennant. {Proc. 1873, 172. Exhibition of a Specimen of a Newt
On Nepliropsu Stewarti, a new Genus from Sikkim. {Proc. 1877, 53.
and Species of Macrurous Crusta- Exhibition of Specimens of new and
ceans. \_Jl. xlii, pt. ii, 39. little known Insects collected by Mr.
Limborg in Upper Tenasserim.
On new or little-known Species of {Proc. 1877, 160.
Phasmides, Part I,—Genus Bacillus. Notes on Pliasmidco.
{Jl. xlii, pt. ii, 45. {Jl. xlvi. pt. ii, 342.
On Eliojjalorhynchns Krb'veri , a new Description of a new Lepidopterous
Genus and Species of Pycnogonidi. Insect belonging to the Genus
{Jl. xlii, pt. ii, 171. Thaumantis. {Jl. xlvii, pt. ii, J75.
Exhibition of a Head of Ovis poll.
On a new Genus and Species (Ilylao- {Proc. 1879.280.
earcinus Htimei) of Land Crabs Preliminary Notice of a new Genus
from the Nicobar Islands.
{Jl. xlii, pt. ii, 258. (Parevtatosoma) of Phaxmidec from
Madagascar, with brief Descrip-
Abstract of Remarks on Drawings of tions of its two Species.
Blind Crustaceans. {Proe. 1874, ISO. {Jl. xlviii, pt. ii, 117.
Note on Trictcnotoma Chlldrenii* Gray. Exhibition of Butterflies from the
{Proc. 1874, 181. Andamans. {Proc. 1880, 102.
On the Occurrence of a Superorbital Exhibition of some Butterflies from
Chain of Bones in the Arboricola the Andamans, from Mussoorie. and
(Wood-Partridges) (Plate II). from Sibsagar. {Proc 1880. 12.*5.
{Jl. xliii, pt. ii, 254. Synopsis of the Species of Choara-
Remarks on Measurements of Crania dodis, a remarkable Genus of Man-
of Mongoloid races. {Proc. 1875, 97 todea common to India and Tropi-
cal America. {Jl. xlix. pt. ii, 82.
Exhibition of a Gigantic Stridulating Description of a new Species of
Spider. {Proc. 1875, 197. Diurnal Lepidoptera belonging to
Exhibition of Photographs of Rhino- the genus JJebomoia.
ceros Sondaicns and Ii. 2ndtens. [ . l i x p t . ii, 134
{Proc. 1875, 229. On a new Species of Papillo from
South India, with Remarks on the
Exhibition of new Crustaceans of the Species allied thereto.
genera Paratelplmsa, Astacvs, ^ . {Jl. xlix. pt. ii, 144.
Corona, Gonodactylus. Squilla, and Description of the Female of Hebo-
Clorida. {Proc. 1875, 230. moia ltoepstorffii.
On new or little-known Species of {Jl. xlix.pt. ii, 150.
PluMinida, with a brief Prelimi- On the Lepidopterous Genus JEmona,
nary Notice of the Occurrence of a with the Description of a new
Clasping Apparatus in the males Species. {Jl. xlix. pt. ii. 175.
throughout the family. Description of a new PapUio from
[.//. xliv,pt. ii. 215. the Andaman Islands.
Exhibition of Specimens of new or {Jl. xlix, pt. ii, 178.
little-known Phasmideous Insects Description of l'arantirrhoea Mar-
and of new fresh-water Astac'idre shall},, the Type of a new Genus
from New Zealand. {Proc. 1S7<>, 3. and Species of Rhopalocerous Lepi-
Description of *• new Rodent from doptera from South India.
Ceniral Asia. {Proc. 1876, 80. {Jl. xlix, pt. ii, 248
Wood-Mason, James (rontd.)—On Y a r k a n d M i s s i o n , Memorandum of
pome Lepidopterous Insects belong- Subjects for scientific observation
ing- to the Rhopalocerous Generaia f qr the Members of the.
Ji'urtpvs and Penthema from India [Proc. 1873, 123.
and Burmah. [Jl. l,pt. ii, 85. Y a t e s , R e v . W i l l i a m . — Essay on
Description of a new Species of the Sanskrit Alliteration. -
Lepidopterous Genus Huripus from [As. lies. xx. pt. i, 135.
North-Eastern India. Review of the Naishadha Charita. or
[«7J,1, pt. ii, 21. Adventures of Nala Raja of Naisha-
On new and little-known M ant odea. dha ; a Sanskrit Poem, by Shri
[Jl. li, pt ii. 272 Harsha of Cashmir, with a Com-
mentary by Prema Chandra. Pub-
Wood-Mason, J., & Dr. Niceville, lished by the Asiatic Society, 1336.
Lionel.—List of Diurnal Lrpidop- [As. lies, xx, pt. ii, 318.
tor a from Port Blair, Andaman Yezd to Herat, Itinerary from.
Islands, with Descriptions of some [Jl. xxii, 827.
new or little-known Species and of Y o u n g , Capt. O. B.—A few Remarks
a new Species of I/estia from on the subject of the Laterite found
Burmah. [Jl. xlix.pt. ii. 223. near Rangoon. [Jl. xxii, 196.
List of Diurnal LepUloptera inhabit- Y u l e , Lieut.-Col. Henry.—Notes on
ing the Nicobar Islands. the Iron of the Kasia Hills, for the
[Jl. 1, pt. ii. 224 Museum of Economic Geology.
Second List of Rhopalocerons Lcpi- [.//. xi, 853.
doptera from Port Blair. Andaman Notes on the Kasia Hills and People.
Islands, with Descriptions of, and [Jl. xiii. 612
Notes on. new and little-known A Canal Act of the Emperor Akbar,
Species and Varieties. with some Notes and Remarks on
[<7U, pt. ii, 243. the History of the Western Jumna
Second List of Diurnal Lepuloptera Canals. [Jl. xv. 213.
inhabiting the Nicobar Islands. An Account of the Ancient Buddhist
[ Jl. li, pt. ii, 14. Remains at Pagan on the Irawadi.
W r e d e , F.—Account of the St. Thome [Jl. xxvi, 1.
Christians on the Coast of Malabar. A few Notes on Antiquities near
[-.I*. lies, vii, 3G4. Jubbulpoor. [Jl. xxx, 211.
W r o u g h t o n , C a p t . R. — Statistical, Notes of a Brief Visit to some of the
IndianRemainsin Java.[./?. xxxi. 16.
Agricultural, and Revenue Return See D'MAZUZK VERY REV. THOMINB.
of Muthra District, made up to 1st Y u n a n E x p e d i t i o n , Suggestions for
October 1835. [Jl. v, 210. the. [Pron. 1875,2.
Account and Drawing of two Burmese Z e l l e r , Dr. G.—Algarum Species in
Bells now placed in a Hindu temple India Orieutali Centrali a S. Kurz
in Upper India. [Jl. vi, 1064. collectas determinavit.
Wyat.—Letter on a Shoal of Dead Fi*7i. [Proc. 1875, 96.
[Proc. 1872,43. Algre collected by Mr. S. Kurz in
W y n n e , A. B.—-Notes on the Earth- Arakan and British Burmah, deter-
quake in the Punjab of March 2nd, mined and systematically arranged.
1R7tt
1878. [Jl. xlvii, pt. ii, 131. [Jl. xlii, pt. ii, 175.
CENTENARY REVIEW
OF THE

From 1/84—1883.
PART II.
ARCHAEOLOGY, HISTORY, LITERATURE, &c.
BY
DR. A. F. RUDOLF HOERNLE.
PREFACE.
THE subjects which were set apart for the investigation

of the Literary Section of the Society are " Literature,
Philology, History, Antiquities, Religion, Manners and
Customs, and whatever is comprehended under the general
term of Literature." Among these, History and Antiquities
are very closely connected with one another, the latter being
subservient to a correct knowledge of the former. Hence
the two first chapters of this Review are devoted to a survey
of the results of antiquarian and archaeological enquiry
which are set out under the two heads of Antiquities, includ-
ing ancient monuments, inscriptions, etc., and Coins. Next
follows a chapter, giving a historical sketch of the two great-
est discoveries to which the Society can lay claim, and which
are directly based on its archaeological researches, those of
the decipherment of the Indian Pali and the Arian Pdli alpha-
bets. The next in order is a chapter containing a statement
of the discoveries in Indian History, which were the natural
result of the successful reading of the ancient inscriptions
on stones, copper-plates and coins. The last chapter gives
the results of the investigations into the Language and
Literature of India and its multifarious races.
In compiling the several chapters, the writer has
attempted to take as his model one of the best specimens of
a review of this kind which forms the Introduction to the
weli-kuown Ariana Antlqua of Professor H> H. Wilson,
IV PREFACE.
than whom the Society perhaps possessed no better writer.

One portion, indeed, of that Introduction, reviewing the
history of coin-discovery during the earlier half of the
century, up to the year 1840, has been, as far as possible,
adopted into the chapter on coins, the fresh portion of which
mainly consists in continuing Professor Wilson's review
through the remaining half of the century.
The system of transliteration is very imperfect. This
is to be regretted ; for various reasons—one of them being
the want of the necessary type—it was found to be impos-
sible to carry through a more perfect one,
R. II.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. PAGB
ANTIQUITIES ••• .»» ... ... 1
CHAPTER II. (
J
COINS ... ... .a• ... ... 28
CHAPTER IIL
ANCIENT INDIAN ALPHABETS 50
CHAPTER IV.
HISTORY ... 82
CHAPTER V.
LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE .... 137
LIST OF ERRATA AND ADDENDA ... 198
APPENDIXES (to the Chapter on History)—

No. I 199
No. II 203
CLASSIFIED INDEX {of Papers and Notices) ... 217
I—Antiquities i and xciii
II—Coins, Gems, Weights and Measures ... xxxv „ xcviii
III—History ...xlviii ,, ci
IV—Language and Literature ... lx „ cii
V—lleligion, Manners and Customs, etc. lxxxiii „ ciii
• -
Centenary IRevnew
OP THE

From 1784 to 1883.
13art $#.
AKCHÔLOGY, HISTOEY, LITERATURE, Etc.
CHAPTER L
ANTIQUITIES.
[Ancient Monuments: topes, temples, monoliths, etc.—Caves — Sculptures — Inscriptions
on rocks, pillars, stone-slabs, cojiperplutw, etc.— Votive objects—Pottery, etc. —l'ru-
liistoric remains, etc. ]
THE Antiquities of India were certain to become one of

the first objects of attention to the members of the Asiatic
Society. They possess the twofold advantage of appealing
to the natural curiosity of man and furnishing an incentive
to the speculation of the learned. Their importance with
regard to the elucidation of History was well described by
Mr. H. T. Colebrooke in an early volume of the Asiatic
Researches : " In the scarcity of authentic materials," he
writes, " for the ancient, and even for the modern, history
of the Hindu race, importance is justly attached to all
genuine monuments, and especially inscriptions on stone
and metal, which a^c occasionally discovered through vari-
2 Archaeology, History, Literature, etc. [CHAP. I.
ous accidents. If these be carefully preserved and diligently

examined, and the facts ascertained from them be judiciously
employed towards elucidating the scattered information,
which can be yet collected from the remains of Indian litera-
ture, a satisfactory progress may be finally made in investi-
gating the history of the Hindus."1
This remark is illustrated by the very first two ancient
monuments, the discovery of which is recorded in any of
the publications of the Society, and which, as it happened,
have proved of very great consequence. For they led,
as will be shown in a later place, one to the decipherment
of the so-called Kutila, the other to the discovery of the
so-called Gupta, characters. The former monument "was
the well-known monolith pillar of Buddal, the other were the
celebrated Nagarjuni caves near Buddha Gaya, both described
in 1785 in the first volume of the Asiatic Researches by
Mr. Charles Wilkins and Mr. John Herbert Harrington
respectively.2 Curiously enough it was nearly a century
afterwards, in 1874, that a transcript of the text of the
Buddal Pillar inscription was for the first time published
in the Journal by Babu Pratapa Chandra Ghosh.3
In the first volume of the Researches there is also a brief
account by Mr. William Chambers of some sculptures and
ruins at Mavalipuram (Mahabalipuram) on the Coromandel
Coast in South India,4 the ancient inscriptions on which were
a few years afterwards brought to notice by Mr. J. Golding-
ham,5 and which, much later, in 1853, were re-described
by Mr. C. Gubbins in the Journal.6 The former also
1
As. Res., Vol. IX. p. 398. 2 As. Res., Vol. I, pp. 131, 27G ; Vol. IT, p. 1C>7 ;
3
republished in J.A.S.B., Vol. XVI, p. 591. J . A . S B., Vol. XLIII, p. 356.
4
As. RGS., Vol. I. p. 146. *lhid.: Vol. V, p. C9. flJ. A. S. B., Vol. XXII,
p. G56.
CHAP, i.] Antiquities. 3
communicated some account of the well-known caves in
Elephanta and the sculptures contained in them.1
About the some time, in-1795, the Society's attention
was first directed to the famed monuments of Antiquity on
the site of old Dehli, the best known of which, the Qutab
HJt:Â.. «,«« .*.«« 1 1 .1 M 1 1 T?___!___ T rn
Blunt.2 His sketch of the Minar anade in 1794 has a

pecxilinr interest, as it shows that tower still crowned by
the Sultan Finiz Shah's old cupola of red granite, which
was thrown down in 1803 by an earthquake. Copies of
the Persian inscriptions on the Minar were afterwards,
in 1822, supplied by Mr. Walter Ewer.3 A general des-
cription of old Dehli as it appeared in 1793 was contri-
buted by Lieutenant William Franklin.4 On the opposite
•side of India, the ancient city-of Pegu and its chief
temple were briefly noticed in 1798 by Captain Michael
Symes,5 and the ancient pagoda of Perwattum with its
sculptures in South "India, by Mnjor Kirkpatiick, from the
journals of Captain Colin Mackenzie.6
But the most interesting communication of this period
is Mr. Jonathan Duncan's account of the discovery of two
urns in a so-called tope or stiipa at Sarnath, about four miles
from Benares.7 This is the first mention of a monument of
that class, which thenceforth was destined to prove one
of the most important factors in opening up the ancient
history of India through the coins, inscriptions, and other
objects found in them. "In 1794, a native, digging for
stones from extensive ruins at this spot, discovered,
twenty-seven feet below the surface, a stone urn, of the
size and shape of the Barberini vase enclosing one also
1 2
As. Res., Vol. IV, p. 409. Ibid., p. 313. * Ibid., Vol. XIV, p. 480.
* Ibid., Vol. IV, p. 419. 5 Ibid., Vol. V, p. 111. * Ibid., p. 503. * Ibid., p. 131.
4 Archaeology', History, Literature, etc. [CHAP. I.
of stone, within which were human bones, pearls, gold-

leaves, and jewels of no value. A statue of Buddha was
also found, bearing an inscription, which stated that a
monastery *and lofty shrine had been built or rather
repaired here in Sam vat 1083- (A.D. 1026). The inscrip-
tion terminated witli a stanza, which is now well-known
as the " Buddhist creed," and which was also found, when
the building was opened in 1835 by Lieutenant (now Major-
General) A. Cunningham, upon a stone slab in the interior
of the edifice."1 " A few rears afterwards, the visits of
Colonel Mackenzie and Mr. Harrington to Ceylon added to
the knowledge of the peculiar form of these Buddhist stiipas
or topes. At Devendar, or Dondera, the former noticed a
low temple, of a circular shape, of about one hundred and
sixty feet in circumference, erected on a platform. The
structure, it was said, was solid and had one of the teeth of
the sacred elephant enshrined iu it, Mr. Harrington des-
cribed a dahgopa at Kalani as a solid mass of earth and
brickwork sixty feet high, and shaped somewhat like a
dome with a cupola above. This monumental temple was
said to contain twenty images of Buddha buried under-
neath it. These accounts were published in 1799."2 In
the same year, 1799, was published the first detailed
account, with measurements and drawings, of the celebrated
caves, and the sculptures they contain, near Ellora, from
the pen of Mr. C. W, Malet.3
About this time the materials commenced being collected,
which a generation afterwards led to the great discovery of
Mr. J. Prinsep ; for in 1801, Mr. J. H. Harington published
a "Book of Drawings and Inscriptions " prepared under the
1
See Ariana Antiqua, p. 29. As. Res., Vol. IX, p. 203 ; Vol. X, p. 130. J. A. S.
2
B., Vol. IV, pp. 132, 211, 7i2. As. Res., Vol. VI, pp 425, 438, 448. See Ariana
8
Antiqua, pp. 29, 30. As. Res., pp. 382. 389.
CHAP. I.] Antiquities. 5
direction of Captain James Hoare, and presented by him to
the Society, among which the most important were copies of
the inscriptions on the celebrated pillars of Dehli and Allaha-
bad.1 Both were about thirty years afterwards, in 1834
and 1837, republished in a more complete form by Mr.
J. Prinsep, in the third and sixth volumes of the Journal,
from drawings and copies prepared by Lieutenant T. S.
Burt.2 In 1807, Mr. H. T. Colebrooke published a series
of inscriptions on stone and copper of subordinate value.
They had been presented to the Society from time to time,
and came from Tripura, Gorakhpur, Chitradurg, Kuru-
gode, Kurrali, Dindjpur, Nidigal, Goujda, and Benares.3
In the same year also were published for the first time by
Major C. Mackenzie figures, with inscriptions, of some
celebrated Jain statues, especially of the gigantic image
of Gomatesvara Svami near Belligola.4 A Sanskrit stone
inscription of the Ohandel Rdjas was communicated in
1813 bv Lieutenant W. Price, who had found it at the
foot of a rocky hill in the vicinity of the town of Mow,
about ten miles from Chatterpur.5 It was the first authen-
tic notice of that line of mediaeval princes of Buudel-
khand, on whose history subsequent discoveries of inscrip-
tions have thrown so much light 6
In 1816, Mr. John Crawford presented to the Society
an account of the Buddhist temple ruins situated about
Prambannn in Java,7 and Captain G. Sydenham, of the
stately Muhammadan architecture in Bijapur, called " the
Palmyra of the Dekkau " by Sir James Mackintosh.8 In
1 2
As. Res., Vol. VII, p. 175. J. A. S. B., Vol. III,pp. 105, 114, 118, see also
8
p. 257 ; and Vol VI, p. 5(J(J, s8Q also p. 963. As. Res , Vol. IX, pp. 398. 401, 406,
5
412, 421, 422, 432,434, 438, 441. « Ibid., pp. 256, 264, 272. Ibid., Vol. VII,
6
p. 358. J. A. S. B., Vol. VIII, p. 159 ; Vol. XXXII, p. 273; Vol. XLVII,
7
pp. 73, 80. As. Res., Vol. XIII, p. 337. • Ibid., p. 431;
1825, Professor H. H. Wilson published some Sanskrit

inscriptions, translated by Captain E. Fell, from Garha
Mandela, Hansi, and Benares, which gave a " tolerably
satisfactory idea of the series of princes who reigned at
Kanauj and Dehli" 'about the time of the Muhammadan
conquest.1 In the same year, Mr. R. Jenkins presented an
account of the ancient Hindu remains in Chattisgarh,
together with some copperplate inscriptions, written in
the square box-headed characters; a variety of monumental
writing first made public on that occasion.2 Mr. A. Stirl-
ing also drew attention to the ancient temples and other
antiquities of Orissa. Among the latter is specially note-
worthy his copy of a portion of the famous Khandagiri
rock inscription in the Asoka characters, then first made
known.3 It was repub^hed in the Journal, in 1837, in a
more complete form, by Mr. J. Prinsep, from copies prepar-
ed bv Lieutenant Kittoe.4 In the following volume of the
Asiatic Researches, in 1828, the Rev. G. H. Hough made
known an inscription engraved on the Great Bell of Ran-
goon.5 In the same volume Professor II. H. Wilson again
published a large series of forty-three Sanskrit inscriptions
found on Mount Abu, many of which are of much interest,
because " they throw considerable light upon the religious
and political history of a place which is of high consider-
ation in the west of India, and elucidate the early career
of different Rajput dynasties," such as the Chalukyas,
Pramaras, Guhilas, Chauhans, etc.6 The Jain temples on
Mount Abu, in which some of these inscriptions occur, were
described in the Journal of 1833 by Lieutenant Burnes.7
1
As. lies., Vol. XV, pp. 436, 437, 443, 446, 460. * Ihhl., pp. 499, 506.
8
Ibid., pp. 163, 306, 313, 329, 330, 337. « J. A. S. B., Vol. VI, p. 1080.
* As. Res., Vol. XVI, p. 270. 6 lhid.9 pp. 284, 317. » J. A. S. 13., Vol. II, p. 161.
The most important event of this time was the op'en-

ing of the great tope at Manikyala, which had been already
observed and described by Elphiustone in 1808.1 It was
effected by General Ventura in 1830. An account of
it in French was forwarded by the .General to Calcutta
and published by Professor H. H. Wilson in the Asiatic
Researches in 1832,2 and republished later, in 1834, in an
English version, by Mr. J. Prinsep, in the Journal.3
Lieutenant Alexander Burnes, who afterward visited the
opened tope, made known in 1833 some further particu-
lars concerning it,4 and so did Major J. Abbot on a much
later visit in 1853.5 A good deal more information on
this tope, as well as on some others in the Panjab and in
Afghanistan which were opened by General Court and
Messrs. Honigberger and Masson respectively, was made
public in the Journal for 1834 by Dr. Gerard and Mr..
J. Prinsep, derived from the letters and journals of the
original discoverers.6
The Journal of the year 1834 is particularly rich in
the record of discoveries. Thus Captain P. T. Cautly
announced the important discovery by him of the remains
of an ancient town at Behat, near Saharanpur, seven-
teen feet below the present surface of the country
and upwards of twenty-five below that of the modern
town of Behat. Various relics were found, and one hun-
dred and seventy coins, all of very ancient date (Indb-
Scythian and early Buddhist), fixing the age of the town
in the earliest centuries of our era.7 Mr. B. H. Hodgson
communicated the discovery of tliree laths or monumental
pillars, with inscriptions in the Asoka characters on them.
x 2
See Ariana Antiqua, p. 31. As. IleB., Vol. XVII, pp. «"G3, GOO. • J. A.
S. B., Vol. Ill, p. 315. * ibid., Vol. II, p. 308. * i&W., Vol. XXII, p. 670.
6
Ibid., Vol. Ill, pp. 321, 329, 550. * Ibid., pp. 43, 221, 227
Among them were the now well-known Radhiah and

Mathiah Pillars. Two of the pillars, those at Bakhrah
in Tirhut and Radhiah in Sarun, had been already noticed
in 1784 by Mr. Law, and later by Mr. Stirling; and of the
Mathiah Pillar Mr. Hodgson himself had sent a notice
already ten years previously; but at that time these
notices appear to have attracted no attention. Their
importance, however, was now recognized by Mr. J. Prin-
sep, who, seeing at once that the inscriptions they bore
were identical with those on the pillars of Allahabad and
Dehli, published them in full.1 At the same time, his
attention having been recalled by Mr. Hodgson to the
famous Sanchi Tope and its inscriptions near Bhilsa, he
reprinted a description of them from the Calcutta Journal
of the 11 th July, 1819, where it had been published by
Captain E. Fell, the original discoverer of the Tope.2
Several of the inscriptions taken by Captains Smith and
Burt, *fnd drawings of the monuments and its sculptures
prepared by Captain Murray, were published by Mr. J.
Prinsep later on, in the sixth and seventh volumes of the
Journal, in 1837 and 1838.3 They led to important
results, enabling Mr. Prinsep, as will be related in another
place, to extend his discoveries and to complete the deci-
phering of the ancient alphabet and inscriptions on the
staff of Firoz Shah, on the Buddhist coins of Behat, and
Oil the rocks in Orissa and Guzerat.4 An important link,
however, in the chain of events, which led to these dis-
coveries, was the publication by Mr. W. H. Wathen, in
1835, of two Vallabhi copperplate grants found in the
1 2
J. A. R. B., Vol. I l l , PP. 481, 483; and Vol. IV, p. 124. Ibid., Vol. I l l ,
3
pp. 488, 490. Ibid., Vol. VI, pp. 4olff.; Vol. VII, pp. 562ff. * See Ariana
Antiqua, pp. 33, 34.
western part of Guzerat, and written in an alphabet inter-
mediate between that of Asoka and the Guptas.1
In the Journal of the same year, 1835, various ancient -
ruins were described ; those of Simraun, once the capital
of the Mithila Province, by Mr. B. H. Hodgson f those of
an ancient city near Bakhra, north of Patna, by Mr. J.
Stephenson ;3 those at Chardw&r in Assam, by Captain G.
E. Westmacott ;4 and those of the Baijnath Temple at
Harsha in Shekawati, by Sergeant E. Dean.5 A long
inscription of the tenth century was found in the latter
place and published by Dr. W. H. Mill.6 In the following
vear, 1836. Mr. C. Masson contributed some notes on the
antiquities of Bamidn, especially of its caves and colossal
idols, which had already been noticed in 1833 by Lieutenant
Alexander Bunies.7 Mr, L. Wilkinson made known a
copperplate grant found at Piplmnagar in the Shujalpur
Perganah, which turned out to be of some importance as
it supplemented the list of Rajas of Malva by four
hitherto unknown names.8 Colonel H. Buruey reported
the discovery of some Buddhist images at Tagoung, the
ancient capital of Burma, which were inscribed with the
well-known Buddhist creed in Gupta characters and in the
Pali language.8
By this time copies of such a large number of inscrip-
tions of diverse kinds, which had been discovered from time
to time, had been accumulating in the hands of the Society,
that it was feared that they might be mislaid or lost sight
of, before anj'one was found with sufficient leisure to
decipher them completely, unless they were at once com-
1 3
J. A.'S. B., Vol. IV, p. 477. * Ibid., p. 121. Ibid., p. 128. * Ibid.,
5 7
p. 185. Ibid., p. 3C1. • Ibid., p. 3G7. Ibid., Vol. V, p. 707 ; see also
8
Vol. II, p. 661. lhid., Vol. V, p. 378 ; see also Vol. VII, p. 736, for another
9
grant. Ibid., Vol. V, p. 157.
mitted to print. Accordingly, Mr. J. Prinsep published in

1836,' in the fifth volume of the Journal, a long series of
facsimiles of ancient inscriptions, including those from
Wara in South Konkan, from the Dnmatha Cavern near
Maulmain, from the fort of Chunar near Benares, from
Barahat in Garhwal, from Iskardo in Little Tibet,1 from the
caves of Ajunta,8 from Asirgarh, from Peshawar (on a
bronze image), from Kumaon (on bronze tridents at Bara-
hat and Gopesvara),3 from Trincomalee and other places
in Ceylon,4 from Buddha Gaya,5 from Seoni (five copper-
plates)) and a few from unknown places.6 This series of
facsimiles was continued in.the volumes for 1837 and 1838,
which contain the following inscriptions: from the Amra-
vati Tope (from Colonel Colin Mackenzie's manuscripts),7
from Kalanjar in Bundelkhand, from Guinsar (three copper-
plates), from the Nag&rjuni Caves near Gaya, from a rock
at Singapur,8 from Illahabas in the Bareilly District (found
by Mr. H. S. Bouldeson in 1826 or 1827), from Mullaye
(three copperplates), from Hund near Attock, from Jaya-
nagar in Bundelkhand,9 from Gorakhpur (on the Kuhaon
pillar), from Bakerganj in Eastern Bengal (copperplate),
from Ajmir (on a Jain image),10 from Cuttack (Brahmes-
vara temple),11 from Warangal, from Kaira in Guzerat
(copperplates).12 from Bageswar near Almora in Kumaon,13
and again a few from unknown places.14
Early in 1837, the Rev. Dr. W. H. Mill made known a
new Gupta inscription, copied by Lieutenant (now Major
General) A. Cunningham from the newly-discovered Bhitari
1
J. A. S. B., Vol. V, pp. 340, 341, 347, 348. * Ibid, pp. 348, 556. • Ibid.,
6
pp. 482, 484, 485 ; see also Vol. VII, p. 39. * Ibid, Vol. V, pp. 454,456. Ibid.,
7
p. 657. • Ibid., p. 724. Ibid., Vol. VI, p. 218. « Ibid., pp. G65, 667, 671,
680; see also Vol. XVII, Part I, p. 154 ; Part II, p. 66. • Ibid., Vol. VI, pp. 869,
876, 887. » Ibid., Vol. VII. pp. 33, 40, 51. « Ibid., p. 557. " •• Ibid., pp.
901, 908, 966. » Ibid., p. 1036. " Ibid., Vol. VI, pp. 278, 663.
CEAP. I.] Antiquities. 11
Lath (or Pillar) in the Ghazipur District,1 while a little

later, Mr. J. Prinsep republished the Gupta inscription
on the Allahabad Pillar from impressions taken hy Captain
Edward Smith.2 He also published two collections of
smaller inscriptions in the most ancient characters, which
had been newly made, one by Major Kittoe from the
caves at Udayagiri and Khandagiri in Cuttack3 (Eastern
India), the other by Colonel W. H. Sykes from the caves
(Karle, Sainhadri) of Western India.4 In the following
year, 1838, he crowned his labours in this* direction by
the publication of ^copies of the celebrated great rock
inscriptions at Dhauli and Girnar (of Asoka and Chandra-
gupta), together with detailed descriptions of their loca-
lities, the materials for which had been supplied to him
by Major Kittoe, Captain Lang, Lieutenant Postans, and
the Rev. Dr. J. Wilson.5 To these he added the smaller,
though no less important, Gupta inscriptions at Dehli and
Eran, taken in ectype by Capt. T. S. Burt.6 Of the latter,
those at Eran were later on, in the year 1861, re-deciphered
and re-translated by FitzEdward Hall.7
As already mentioned, for much of his information
Mr. Prinsep was indebted to Major Kittoe, who had been
deputed by the Coal and Mineral Committee to explore the
supposed coal-fields of Orissa. He left " with a determina-
tion to make the most of his time and journey, also of the
small pecuniary allowance made for the purpose, in anti-
quarian and other research beyond the mere exploring of
the coal localities." The results of these antiquarian re-
searches were communicated, in 1838, in the seventh volume
of the Journal, including descriptions and drawings of caves
» J. A. S. B., Vol. VI, p. 1. « Ibid., p. 969. • Ibid., p. 1072. * Ibid.,
6 fl
p. 1038. Ibid., VoL VII, pp. 219, 334, 434, 865. Ibid., p. 629. » Ibid.,
Vol. Tnnf, p. 14 ; see also Vol. XXXIV, p. 38.
(Udayagiri), temples (Gramesvara, and others), pillars (at

Jajipur), inscriptions, etc.1 In the same volume is published
an inscription in Burmese and Talain " with an admixture of
Pali at the commencement and termination," engraved on a
large Arracan Bell, which was taken by Captain Wroughton.
This bell was then at Nadrohighat, in the Aligarh Dis-
trict, but had originally belonged to the Gaudama Mani
temple in Arracan. The somewhat romantic story of how
it was carried off from there by a native non-commissioned
officer after the war in 1825 is related in the sixth volume of
the Journal.2 The inscription happens to contain " a scrap
of history of no small interest in its way."3
With the year 1838 the era of great discoveries may be
said to have closed. Not much was done in 1839, but the
joint editors of the Journal published a new Chandel inscrip-
tion discovered and copied by Captain T. S. Burt from a slab
in the temple of Lalaji at Khajrao in Bundelkhand,4 a Chera
copperplate grant dug up at Baroda in Guzerat,5 a Kula-
chiiri copperplate grant dug up ad Kumbhi in the Sagar
territory,6 and a Tomara inscription on a slab originally
at the fort of Rohtas in Behar.7 The latter had been
brought to their notice by Mr. E. L. Ravenshaw, who also
contributed some account of various other antiquities
(Persian and Sanskrit inscriptions) in Behar.8
The following year, 1840, was again signalised by a
small, though most important, discovery. It was that of
a new specimen of an Asoka edict, which was found by
Captain Burt engraved on a rock near fiairat or Bliabra.0
Another small contribution was made by Captain Burt, in
1
J. A. S. B., Vol. VII, pp. 53, 660, 679, 828 ; see also Vol. XXV. p. 222.
2 3
Ibid., Vol. VI, p. 1004. Ibid., Vol. VII, p. 287. « Ibid., Vol. VIII, p. 159.
5 8 7 8
Ibid,, p. 292. Ibid., p. 487. Ibid., p. 693. Ibid., p. 347. • Ibid.,
Vol. IX, p. 616. .
CHAP. I.] Antiquities. ' 13
au inscription from Udayapur near Sagar, which deserves
particular mention, because the date is given in three eras
of Vikramaditya, Salivahann, and Udayaditya,1 the last of
which was new. Of some importance is also a very ancient
inscription from the fort of Behar, communicated by Mr.
Ravenshaw, written in badly - formed characters of the
Gupta style.2 Major Jenkins made known an ancient
Assamese land grant on three copperplates, dug up near Tez-
pore in the Durrang Division.3 Another copper land grant,
of the Rathor Prince Java Chandra of Kanauj, found
near Fyzabad in Oudh, was made known in the following
year 1841.4 But a far more interesting publication of
that year was the account of the opening of the ancient
topes at Kanheri near Bombay, and at Damuta in Afghanis-
tan, by Dr. James Bird and Lieutenant Pigon respectively.
The usual relics, consisting of inscriptions, coins, jewels,
etc., were found in them.5 Lieutenant Alexander Cunning-
ham published a sketch of the second silverplate found by
Dr. Lord in Badakshan, a drawing of the first patera
having been already given in 1838 in the seventh volume of
the Journal.6 Two inscriptions from the neighbourhood
of Mount Abu (Vasantagarh), dated in Samvat 1099 and
1053, both discovered and taken by Captain T. S. Burt,
were also made known by the editors of the Journal.7
The period including the years 1842 to 1846 is one of
the most barren of discoveries, so far as recorded in the
pages of the Society's Journal. But the only two com-
munications,—one, in 1842, of an ancient Himaritic stone
inscription found near Aden,8 the other, in 1844, of a
1 2
J. A. S. B., Vol. IX, p. 646; see also Vol. VII, p. 1056. Ibid., Vol. IX,
4
p. 65 ; see also Vol. VIII, p. 347. » Ibid., Vol. IX, p. 760. Ibid., Vol. X, p. 98.
5 fl 7
i&uZ.,pp.94, 381. lbid.,v. 670; and Vol. VII, p. 1047. Ibid., Vol. X,
8
pp. 664,819,821. Ibid., Vol. XI, p. 958.
14 Archaeology, History, Literature, etc. • [CIIAP. I.
Chinese inscription on a wooden tablet in a Buddhist

monastery at Ningpo,1—have at least the interest of illus-
trating the wide sphere embraced by the researches of the
Society.
With the year 1847 a new period of archaeological
activity commenced, worthily introduced by Captain
M. Kittoe, who supplied much fresh information on the
numerous antiquities in Behar,2 especially on the caves
and their inscriptions at Barabar,3 the sculptures at Bud-
dha Gaya, etc.,4 and the temples and inscriptions at Oomga.5
Mr. D. Money contributed an account of the ruined old
temple of Tribeni near Hughli;6 Captain J. D. Cunningham,
of the antiquities in the districts within the Bhopal
Agency, including the well-known topes near Bhilsa;7
and Mr. Henry Cope, of the ruins of Kanode in the
Chandori District of Scindiah's dominions.8 Captain
James Abbott reported the discovery of some sculptures
in the Punjab, showing traces of Greek influence.9 A
higher interest possess the contributions of Mr. William
Knighton, who described the dagobahs (or topes) and
viharas of Anuradhapura, the former capital of Ceylon,
and the rock temples at Dambool, also in Ceylon.10
The volume of the following year, 1848, is again replete
with descriptions of antiquities; thus, those of Sarguja and
its neighbourhood, by Lieutenant-Colonel J. R. Ousley;11
those at Kalinjar in Bundelklmnd, by Lieutenant F. Maisey ;12
those in the vicinity of Suddyah in Upper Assam, by Major
S. F. Hannay ;13 those at Pukari, near Udayapur, by Captain
J. D. Cunningham.14 A few inscriptions were also pub-
1 8
J. A. S. B., Vol. XIII, p. 113. * Ibid., Vol. XVI, p. 272. Ibid., p. 401.
5 a
* Ibid., p. 334. Ibid., pp. 656, 1220. Ibid., p. 393. * Ibid., p. 739.
8 l0
Ibid., p. 1079. • Ibid., p. 664. Ibid., pp. 213, 340. " Ibid., Vol. XVII,
I3
Part I, p. 65. » Ibid., p. 171. Ibid., p. 459. " Ibid., p. 305.
lished, one from the Vijaj'a Mandir in Uda37apur, another
of a copperplate grant,1 and a third, a Buddhist one, of
rather more interest, from the village of Pesserawa in
Bihar.2 Of still greater interest, however, were a few
small inscriptions in the ancient Gupta characters, found
on a granite rock at a place called Tokoon, almost direct-
ly east of Penang town in the peninsula of Malacca, and
forwarded by Lieutenant-Colonel James Low.3 In the
following year, 1849, another similar inscription was sent
by him from Keddah, near Buket Murriam.4 In the
same year, Captain James Abbott reported the discovery
by him of remains of Greek sculptures in Potawar or the
tableland between the Indus and Jelum in the Panjab;5
and Dr. Jmpey announced the discovery of the famous
colossal Jain figure on a spur of the Satpura Range in the
district of Burwani on the Nerbada. It is a colossal
rock image cut in relief, nearly 80 feet high, and second
only in magnitude to the celebrated so-called Bhiits at
Bamiyan,6 and about twice as large as the colossal figures
at Kassia in the Gorakhpur District7 and at Belligola in
Mysore.8 Two years later another colossal figure, of A
head only, near Bhagalpur, was made known by Captain
W. S. Sherwell. It had been, however, already noticed
by Dr. Buchanan in 1810.9 The preceding year, 1850, had
brought only two small inscriptions, one on a brick found
in a field in the Jaunpur District by Captain M. Kittoe,10
and another, a Malva I And grant, on two copperplates
dug out by Mr. R. N. C. Hamilton near Oujein and pub-
lished by Babu Rajendralala Mitra.11
1 2 8
J. A. S. B., Vol. XVII, Part I, pp. 68,71. Ibid., p. 492. Ibid., Part II,
5
pp. 62, 71. * lbid.,Yol. XVIII, p. 247. Ibid., p. 131. ° Ibid., p. 918.
7 8 9
Ibid., Vol. VI, p. 477. As. Res., Vol. IX, p. 264. J. A. S. B., Vol. XX,
10
p. 272. Ibid., Vol. XIX, p. 454. » Ibid., p. 475.
1G Archaeology, History, Literature, etc. [CHAP. I.
The following ten years were not much more fruitful,

though each year brought some more or less important
discovery. Thus in 1851 we have a very short notice of
certain hitherto unvisited rockcut caves near the village of
Marah in Singbhiim, which had been seen by the Rev.
Mather in January, 1850; * and of a fine ancient stone bridge
(Sil Hako)near Gowhatty inthe Kamrup District.2 In 1852,
we have detailed descriptions by Mr. W. Jackson and Mr.
(now Sir) E. C. Bay ley of sculptures found in the Peshawur
District and exhibiting traces of Greek influence.3 In 1853
there is a notice of an inscription from Pehewa in the Thanes-
war District found by Mr. Boweringand published by Babu
Kajendralala Mitra.4 The year 1854 brings us 'the two
now well-known rock inscriptions fpund by Mr. E. C. Bayley
on two large granite bouldersabout thirty yards apart, near
the village of Khunnidra in the Kangra District. Though
exceedingly small, consisting of only two or three words,
they are of extreme interest, seeing that they are dupli-
cates in the ancient Arinn Pali and Indian Pali characters
respectively.5 In the same year Mr. E. Thomas also
published the result of the final excavations, so far as
made by Captain M. Kittoe and himself, on the site of the
well-known old tope and monastery at Sarnath near
Benares.6 This report was continued, in the twenty-fifth
volume of the Journal in 1856, from official papers com-
municated by the Government of the N. W. Provinces.
Iu 1855 there is an important contribution by Captain E.
Taite Daltou, giving a full description of the antiquities
of Assam, especially its temples and sculptures (in Gow-
1
J . A . S . B., Vol. XX, p. 283. * Ibid..?. 291. » Ibid., Vol. XXI, pp. 511,606.
* Ibid., Vol. XXII, p. 673; see also Vol. XXXII, p. 97; Vol. XXXIII, p. 223.
6 a 7
Ibid., Vol. XXIII, p. 57. Ibid., p. 469. Ibid., Vol. XXV, p. 395-.
CHAP. I.] Antiquities. . 17
hatty, Tejpore, Seesee, and other places).1 There is also
a very meagre notice of the ruins of the deserted city of
Dhiilme in Manbhiim by Mr. Henry Fiddington.1
With 1857 begins a series of valuable contributions.on
the antiquities of Burma. It was commenced by Captain
Henry Yule, on the ancient Buddhist remains, chiefly
temples at Pugan on the Ir&wadi,3 and continued by Colonel
(now Sir) A. P. Phayre, who, in 1860 added an account of
an ancient Buddhist monasterv, in 1863 of an old Burmese
inscription, and in 1864 of some ancient tiles at the same
place.4 In 1858, Mr. FitzEdward Hall published two copper
land grants of the Rathore Princes, Madanapala and
Govinda Chandra of Kanauj, neither of very great im-
portance;5 and in the following year, 1859, he added a
Sanskiit stone inscription, from Harsauda in the Hoshan-
gabad District, of an unknown prince Devapala, recording
the construction of a temple and a tank.6 In the pre-
vious year, Mr. Henry Cope also made known a series of
six Persian inscriptions, mostly of the earliest Moghul
Emperors, all of which exist on certain public buildings
in Labor.7
With the year 1861 contributions describing archaeo-
logical discoveries again began to become*more numerous.
Thus several very important land grants were made known
in that j7ear, among them especially two grants, on two
and three copperplates respectively, of king Hastin, which,
being dated in terms both of the Gupta era and the Jovian
Cycle, are of extreme value for the determination of the
initial year of that ancient era. They are said to have
1 f
J. A. S. B., Vol. XXIV, p. 1. » ibid., p. 207. Ibid., Vol. XXVI, p. i
• Ibid., Vol. XXIX, p. 346 ; Vol. XXXII, p. 2«7 ; Vol. XXXIII, p. 57. *'j^ d '
7
Vol XXVII, pp. 217, 241. • Ibid., Vol. XXVIII, p. 1. Ibid., Vol. XXVII,
p. 308.
2
18 Archaeology\ Histoiy, Literature, etc. [CHAP. I.
been procured from Nagode in Bundelkhand, and are

now deposited in the Benares College.1 A third is a
large stone inscription from Belhari, which throws much
light on the old kingdom of Chedi and its Kulachiiri
princes.3 A fourth is a Malava land grant on two copper-
plates of the tenth century, found not far from Indore.3
These four inscriptions were all made public by Mr.
FitzEdward Hall. In the same year, it may be men-
tioned, Babu Rajendralala Mitra republished from Mr. E.
Thomas's edition of J. Prinsep's Indian Antiquities4 the
important Arian Pali inscription, which had been discovered
by Mr. Masson on a brass vase in one of the Wardak
topes in Afghanistan.5 The same made known in the
following year, 1862, a number of relics and a small
Arian Pali inscription found by Captain Stubbs not far
from Rawal Piudi in the Punjab, where they had been
exhumed from the centre of some ruins.6 Mr. Fitz-
Edward Hall again published three more copper land
grants of the Kulachiiri princes of Chedi, one of which,
however, had already appeared previously in the Journal
of 1839.7 The most valuable contribution, however, was
one by Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Yule on the ancient Indian
remains, both Buddhistic and Brahmanical, in the Island
of Java, the existence of some of which was known from
the earlier accounts of Messrs. Raffles and Crawfurd. The
temples now described were those of Mundot, Boro Bodor,
and Brambauau.8 In 1863, there are an account by the
Kev. J. Loe wen thai of some antiquities in the Peshawar
1
J. A. S. B., Vol. XXX, p. 1; see also Genl. A. Cunningham's Arch. Report,
Vol.X, Appendix. 2 J. A. S. B., Vol. XXX, p. 317. a Ibid., p. 195. 4 See Ind.
Ant.. Vol. I, p. 163. * J. A. S. B., Vol. XXX, p. 337. • Ibid., Vol. XXXI,
7
p- 175; see also ibid., p. 184. Ibid., p. I l l ; see also Vol. VIII, p. 431.
• Ibid., Vol. XXXI, pp. 16, 20, 24.
District,1 and some remarks on the Taxila and other

Arian Pali inscriptions by Major-General A. Cunningham
and Babu Rajendralala Mitra.2 The latter also published
two stone inscriptions, one a Chandel one from Kajraha
in Bundelkhand, the other a Chedi one from Ratanpur
in the province of Nagpur.3 It may be mentioned here,
that, in the volume of the Journal for the year 1863,
General A. Cunningham's ArchaBological Survey Report
was published for the first time as a * supplementary
number,' communicated by the Government of India. This
practice was only continued, however, for three years, the
Archaeological Reports published in the three Journals
being for the years 1861—1864.4
General Cunningham's operation undoubtedly gave a
new stimulus to archaeological researches; for, during the
next following years, contributions on this subject to the
Journal grew more and more numerous, so much so that
some of the volumes are almost entirely taken up by them.
For the most part, however, these contributions refer to
remains, not of the highest antiquity, but of the middle
ages, immediately before and after the Miihammadan
conquest of India. Thus, in 1864, the Rev. J. Loewenthal
sent some Persian inscriptions recorded in the tombs and
mosques of Srinagar in Kashmir.5 Captain C. Glasfurd
reported on the Hindu antiquities (temples, ruins, sculp-
tures, and inscriptions) of Bustar, about eight hundred
years old.6 From Captain H. Mackenzie there is a short
note on the antiquities of Guzerat, including some inscrip-
tions from Hailan.7 Babu Rajendralala Mitra published
1
J. A. S. B., Vol. XXXII, p. l. « Jbid.f pp. 139,151; see also Vol. XXXIII,
s
p. 35. Ibid., Vol. XXXII, pp. 273, 277. • Ibid., p. i (for 1861-1862) ; Vol.
XXXIII, p. i. (for 1863-1864); Vol. XXXIV, p. 295 (for 18G2-1863). * Ibid.,
Vol. XXXIII, p. 278. • Ibid., p. 44. . * Ibid., pp. 402, 549. '
a copper land grant of Mahendrapala Deva of Kanauj,

found at Digheva Dubanesar in the Sarun District.1 He
also described some ancient Buddhist remains of a monastery
excavated by Mr. Harris in connection with the East Indian
Railway at Sultanganj. In it, among other relics, a colossal
copper figure of Buddha was discovered.2
It had all along been well known that Benares was
in a senseche " birthplace of Buddhism ;" yet, strange
to say, hitherto few or no Buddhist remains in the city
proper had been discovered, but the reason of this was
that thev had never been sought after. It is true, exten-
sive ruins had been found at Sarnath, but they were three
miles distant from the present city. Accordingly a search
was made in the course of the year 1863 by the Rev,
M. A. Sherring and Mr. C. Home, jointly, with much suc-
cess, and an account of the remains discovered at Bakaiiya-
kund, Rajghat and other places, was communicated by
them in 1865 and 1866.3 They also reported on some
ancient remains at Said pur and Bhitari, which hitherto
had escaped notice.4 Mr. C. Home himself added a note
on the already much discussed ruins of Buddha Gaya, ou
which subject there is also a note by Mr. W. Peppe in 1866,
and by Babu Rajendralala Mitra in 1864.5 The latter
also published au important inscription of the Seua Rajas
of Bengal, found by Mr. C. T. Metcalfe near Deoparah
in Rajshahi, which gave fresh information on the earlier
members of that royal house.6 In 1866, the Rev. W.
G. Cowie described some of the temples of Kashmir, which
had been left unnoticed by General A, Cunningham in
1
J. A. S. B., Vol. XXXIII, p. 321. * Ibid, p. 360. • Ibid., Vol. XXXIV,
p. 1 ; Vol. XXXV, p. 6 1 ; see also Vol. XLII, p. 160. « Ibid., Vol. XXXIV,
p. 80. * Ibid., p. 278 ; Vol. XXXV, p. 49 ; Vol. XXXIII, p. 173. • Ibid.,
Vol. XXXIV, p. 12S.
his Essay published in the Journal for 1848 ;x and three
years later, ia 1869, Lieutenant-Colonel D. F. Newall again
added the description of a few more, those of Razdan in
the Lar Pergunnah.9 Captain W. R. Melville reported
the discovery of some " totally new Buddhist ruins " of
a temple, containing some sculptures and an inscription,
situated at D&1> Ktind in Eastern Rajputdna.3 Mr. W. J.
Herschel described a very curious old fort and temple of
Cliandrarekhagarh, which he found in the jungle near Sash-
tani in the Midnapiir District,4 and Lieutenant-Colonel
E. T. Dalton, some antiquities in Manbhum, some of
which had been already previously noticed.6 Babu Rajen-
dralala Mitra made known a copper land, grant from
Sambalpur,6 and the important well-known inscriptions of
the later Guptas from Aphsar and Bihar, one of which
had been already before published in 1840.7 In the
Journal for 1867, Mr. C. Home continued his antiquarian
papers, one on the Jumma Masjid of Etawah, originally
a Hindu temple, auother on the Buddhist remains in the
Mainpuri District, and a third on the carvings on the
Buddhist rail-posts at Buddha Gaya.8 A similar instance
of a Hindu temple converted into a mosque was noted
by Mr. W. Herschel in the following year, 1868, at
Gaganesvar in the Midnapur District.9 Babu Gaur Dass
Bysack described the antiquities of Bagerhat, fifty miles
south of Jessore, consisting of Muhammadan tombs and
mosques, not more than four hundred years old ; l 0 and
Lieutenant Ayrtou Pullan, some ancient Hindu temple
1
J. A. S. B., Vol. XXXV, p. 91 ; see also Vol. XVII, p. 241. » Ibid.,
4
Vol. XXXVIII, p. 177. " Ibid., Vol. XXXV, p. 168. Ibid.,?. 181. • Ibid.,
fl 7
p. 186. Ibid., p. 195. Ibid., p. 268 ; see also Vol. IX, p. 66. • Ibid.,
Vol. XXXVI, pp. 74, 105, 107, 157. • Ibid., Vol. XXXVII, p. 73. >• Ibid.f
Vol. XXXVI, p. 126.
22 Archceology, History, Literature, etc. [CHAP. I.
ruins and sculptures in the dense forest at the foot of the

Himalayas between Gharwal and Rohilkhund.1 From Dr.
A. Bastian was received the translation of an inscription
existing " inside the great temple at Nakhon Vat in Kam-
bodia."2 In 1869, Babu Pratap Chandra Ghosha published
a copper land grant of the Dor Rajas at Manpur in the
Bulandshahar District; 3 and in 1871, two other copper
land grants found at Chaibdsa in Singbhiim,4
The year 1870 brought some more than usually inter-
esting accounts of discoveries. Among these was the well-
known Arian Pali copperplate inscription, found in a ruined
Buddhist tower at Sue Vihar near Bhawalpur, which Mr.
(now Sir) E. C. Bayley made known with a tentative read-
ing, and of which a correct translation was published about
ten years later by the writer of this Review.6 No less import-
ant was the celebrated series of Mathura inscriptions, which
Babu RAjendralala Mitra made public. They were engraved
on the remains of Buddhist buildings and sculptures,
dating from the time of the Indo-Scythian kings. These
remains had been found already in 1862 by Mr. Best, the
Collector of Mathura, and had been removed to Calcutta
in 1863, but the inscriptions on them had, until now, not
been published.6 Of no inconsiderable interest was also
the series of Arabic and Persian inscriptions scattered
over Bengal, the publication of which was commenced by
Mr. H. Blochmann in the same year 1870, and by the help of
which it afterwards became possible to correct and supple-
ment the Muhammadan historians of Bengal and construct
a trustworthy history of that province under its Muham-
* —..^——_—_—————^^——-
1
J. A. S. B., Vol. XXXVI, p. 154. * Ibid., p. 76. »Ibid., Vol. XXXVIII,
4
p. 21. Ibid., Vol. XL, p. 161. * Ibid., Vol. XXXIX, p. 65 ; and Proceedings
for 1881, p. 139. 6 Ibid., Vol. XXXIX, p. 117; see also General A. Cunningham's
Arch. Rep. in J. A.JS. B., Vol. XXXIV, p. 155.
inadan rulers. The inscriptions, together with notes on

the buildings in which they occurred, which were made pub-
lic by Mr. Blochmann in the year 1870, were from Tribeni,
Mulla Simla, S&tg&nw, Panduah, and Din&n&th in the
Hughli District.1 In 1871 followed inscriptions from
Burdwan and Gaur, together with a few others not
belonging to Bengal; 8 and in 1872, some from Dinaj-
piir, Dhaka, Dhamrai, Badaon, and 'Alapur.3 Finally,
from 1873 to 1875, came his well-known contributions to
the geography and history of Bengal during the Muham-
madan period, based partly on the inscriptions already
published, partly on others which were now first made
known.4
To return again to the year 1870, Mr. J. D. Tremlett
described some of the ancient Hindu and Patlian buildings
of historical or architectural interest situated in or around
the site of old Dehli, which had been left unnoticed in the
Archaeological Reports of General Cunningham.5 There
are also some notes of lesser interest on the antiquities of the
Haiti, the Assia and the Mahavinavaka Hills of Cuttack
by Babu Chandrasekhara Banurji,6 supplemented after-
wards, in 1875, by Mr. J. Beames, on the Alti Hills ;7
also some notice of the archaeological remains at Shah-ki-
Dlieri and the site of Taxila in the Punjab by Mr. J. G. Del-
merick,8 and of three sets of copper land grants discovered
in the Vizagapatam District, by the Rev. T. Foulkes.9 In
1871, there was an important report by Captain W. L.
Samuells on the discovery of ruins of rock-cut temples of the
» J. A. S. B., Vol. XXXIX, pp. 280, 283, 291, 292, 300, 302.2 Ibid., Vol. XL,
a
pp. 251, 256, 258. Ibid., Vol. XLI, pp. 102, 107, 109, 110, 112. « Ibid.,
6
Vol. XLII, p. 209; Vol. XLIII, p. 280 ; Vol. XLIV, p. 275. Ibid., Vol. XXXIX,
7 8
p. 70. • Ibid., p. 158. Ibid., Vol. XLIV, p. 19. Ibid., Vol. XXXIX, p. 89,
9
Ibid., p. 153.
24 Archeology, History, Literature, etc. [CHAP. I.
ninth or tenth century at Harchoka on the Rewa and

Chutiya-N&gpiir frontier.1 There were also some less im-
portant notes on the antiquities of Jajpur in Orissa by Babu
Chandrasekhara Banurji ;2 and on three rather modern
inscriptions, one of them in Hindi verse, found in Chutiya-
Ndgpur, by Babu Rakhal Das Hnldar.* Mr. J. Beanies
also contributed notices of Buddhist ruins at Kopari in
the Balasore District,4 and in the following year, 1872,
some more on the remains at Chhativa near Katak.5 In
the same year the antiquities of the much-discussed and
much-described home of Buddhism, Bihar, was once more
treated very fully by Mr. A. AL Broadley.6
Hitherto the historic remains of ancient and mediaeval
India had almost entirely monopolised the attention of the
Society, but now the so-called prehistoric remains also
began to be drawn within the sphere of their research. One
of the first moves in this direction had already been made
in 1870 by Colonel Sir A. Phayre, who reported the dis-
covery of a circle of tall, upright stones near Sung Butte
in the district of Yusufzai in Afghanistan.7 Col. E. T.
Dalton now contributed, in 1873, a description of rude
sepulchral stone monuments in Chutiya-N&gpiir and other
places.8 The subject was continued some years later, in
a series of papers, by Mr. H. Rivett-Carnac, who described
in 1877 the ancient sculpturings (cup-marks, circles, &c.)
to be seen on rocks in Kumaon, similar to those found
on monoliths and rocks in Europe ;9 in 1879, the prehistoric
remains in Central India (Ndgpiir, etc.);10 and in 1883,
stone implements from the N.-W. Provinces of India.11
1 2 4
J. A. S. B., Vol. XL, p. 177. Ibid., p. 151. • ibid., p. 108. Ibid.,
6
p. 247. * Ibid., Vol. XLI, p 7. Ibid., p. 209. » Ibid., Vol. XXXIX, p. 58.
• Ibid., Vol. XLII, p. 112. • Ibid., Vol. XLVI, p. 1. »ibid., Vol. XLVIII, p. 1.
11
Ibid., Vol. LII, p. 221.
Mr. W. King, also, noticed in 1877 a prehistoric burial-
place with cruciform monoliths, near Mungapet in the
Nizam's dominions.1
In the volume of 1873, Babu Rdjendral&la Mitra pub-
lished copper land grants of the Rathore prince Govinda
Chandra of Eanauj of the twelfth century A.D. ;2 and in
the following year, 1874, two more inscriptions, one on
stone, from the P&lam Bdoli in the Dehli District,3 of the
thirteenth century, and another far more important one, on
a copperplate, of the time of Chandragupta in the fourth
century, discovered bjT General Cunningham at Indor near
Anupshahar on the Ganges.4 Another copper land grant
found near Chittagong, of the thirteenth century, was made
known by Babu Pranndth Pandit.5 Dr. Wise noticed
some Muhammadau antiquities about Sanargaon in
Eastern Bengal;6 and Colonel E. T. Dalton, a large
Muhammadau picture, representing the conquest of Pala-
man in 1660 by Daud Khan, Aurangzib's General.7
The temple ruins of Assam, a subject which, though well
worthy of research, had been neglected since 1855, was
now taken up again by Major H. H. God win-Austen, who
described the ruins at Dimapur,8 and Mr J. M. Foster,
who described those at Jayasagar.9 In 1875, Mr. E. Vesey
Westmacott noticed an inscribed pillar and other traces of
Buddhism in Dinajpur and Bagura.10 He also published
a copper land grant of Lakhsman Sen found in a small
tank at the former place.11 Mr. F. S. Growse published
some Bacchanalian sculptures which had been found in
Mathura in 1836, hitherto considered to be Grecian, but
which he thought might be Buddhist or Brahmanic.13 He
i J. A. S. B., Vol. XLVI, p. 179. * Ibid., Vol. XLII, p. 314.
4 a
Vol. XLIII, p. 104. Ibid., p. 363. * Ibid., p. 318. Ibid., p. 82. ' Ibid.,
8 9 I0
p. 240. Ibid., p. 1. Ibid., p. 311. Ibid., Vol. XLIV, p. 187 .» Ibid.,
n
p. 1. Ibid., Vol. XLV, p. 212.
26 Archeology, History, Literature, etc. [CHAP. I.
afterwards, iul878,1879 and 1883, followed up his researches

by exhaustive notes on the antiquities of Matliurd and
Bulandshahar.1 In the volume for 1877, Babu Chandra-
sekhara Banurji also noticed some of the antiquities met
with in the Kaimur Range ;2 and Babu Eangalala Banerji
made known an important copper land grant, found in the
Record Office of Katak, of the Kalinga prince Yayati
during the reign of Siva Gupta,3 while Babu Pratapa Chan-
dra Ghosha published another copper land grant (on three
plates) of the same early period, dug out in the Tributary
State of Patna in the Sambalpur District.4 In 1878, three
copper land grants of the Chandel Rajas were brought to
notice by Dr. Rdjendraldla Mitra and Mr. V. A. Smith.5
The latter followed this up in 1879, in conjunction with
Mr. F. C. Black, by descriptions of some Chandel antiqui-
ties at Khajrdho and Mahoba, which had not been fully no-
ticed by General Cunningham in his Archaeological Survey
Reports.6 In 1880, Major Jarrett noticed a small Persian
inscription found upon a stone lying near the ruins of a
mosque on Lanka Island in the Walar Lake in Kashmir,
of the time of Sultan Zayn-iil-A'&bidin;7 and Mr. H.
Bivett - Carnac contributed some account of so - called
"spindle whorls" and votive seals found at Sankisa, Behar,
and other Buddhist ruins in the North-Western Provinces
of India.8
In the following year, 1881, General A. Cunning-
ham commenced a valuable series of descriptions of ancient
Persian relics in gold, silver, and copper, mostly belonging
to a large treasure found in 1877, on the north bank of the
» J. A. S. B., Vol. XLVII, p. 97 ; Vol. XLVIII, p. 270; and Vol. LII, p. 275%
#
8 a 6
Ibid., Vol. XLVI, p. 16. JM*. P- H9. « Ibid., p. 173. Ibid.,
6
Vol. XLVII, pp. 73, 80. Ibid., Vol. XLVIII, p. 285. * Ibid., Vol. XLIX, p. 16.
• Ibid., p. 127.
Oxus, near the town of Tahht-i-Kuwat.1 He continued
it in two memoirs in the volume for 1883.2 In 1882,
Mr. P. N. Bose reported the discovery by him of some
earthen pots found in an ancient well at Mahesvara, similar
to those found in the ancient town of Behat.3 Dr.
R&jendral&la Mitra followed, in 1883, with a notice of a
Stone inscription of the fifteenth century found in the old
Fort of Deogarh in the Lalitpur District,4 and with an
exhaustive description of the tempfes of Deogarh in the
Santhal Pergunnahs.5 The last year of the Society's
century closes with the account, by Mr. R. Roskell
Bayne, of the discovery of the very modern, though in
some respects not the least interesting, remains of portions
of the Old Fort William in Calcutta, as it existed to*
wards the end of the last century.6
1 a
J. A. S. B., Vol. L, p. 151. Ibid., Vol. LII, pp. 64, and 258. • Ibid.,
4 a
Vol. LI, p. 226. Ibid., Vol. LII, p. 67. * Ibid,, p. 164. Ibid., p. 105.
28 Archaeology, History, Literature, etc. [CHAP. II.
CHAPTER IT.
COINS.
[Roman and Greek — Bactrian —' Indo-Scythian — Sassanian — Buddhist — Surashtnan —

Arakanese — Ghaznavite — Gupta — Buddhist Satraps — Punch-coins — Naga,
Mitra, Kunnnda, <fcc. — Muhanimadan, of Bengal, Dehli, Jaunpur, <fcc. —South Indian —
Homerite and Sabaean — Persian and Greek.]
THE first notice on the subject of Numismatic research

occurs as early as the year 1790 in the second volume
of the Asiatic Researches. It refers to the discovery, near
Nelor in Southern India, of a number of " Roman Coins
and Medals of the second century," reported in a letter of
Mr. Alexander Davidson.1 After this " there is nothing
of numismatic interest in the volumes of the Asiatic
Researches, until some time subsequent to Colonel Tod's
publication in the Transactions of the Royal Asiatic So-
ciety of a memoir upon Greek, Parthian, and Indian
medals, illustrated by engravings. It must not be in-
ferred, however, that the subject was one of easy prose-
cution, or that it had been entirely neglected. There
were not many private individuals in India who had the
means or opportunities of forming collections of coins,
and it was long after the institution of the Asiatic Society,
in 1814, that any attempt was made to form a museum
in connection with it of any description."2 Gradually,
however, a small collection was formed, partly from coins
oiven by various members from time to time, but princi-
1 f
As. Res., Vol. II, p. 332. J. A. S. B., Vol. I, p. 392 ; As. Res., Vol. XII,
App., p. v.; Pref. Wilson's Ariana Antiqua, pp. 4, ti.
CHAP, ii.] Coins. 29
pally from duplicates presented by the Government ot
Bengal, from the late Colonel Mackenzie's collection.
From these, aided by a few others, Professor H. H.
Wilson prepared an account of select Hindu coins in the
Society's Cabinet in 1831.1 The author was assisted in
'this undertaking by Mr. J. Prinsep, and the zealous inter-
est which the latter thus learned to take in the subject of
Indian numismatics did not cease with the occasion, and
the continuance of his labours not only, but the stimula-
tion of a similar interest in other parts of India, may be
considered as the most important consequence of the
publication of the paper in question.2 The first fruits of
Mr. J. Prinsep's new interest in coins was a description,
in 1832, of the " Ancient Roman Coins in the Cabinet of
the Asiatic Society,"3 and in 1833, of the Greek coins in
the same Cabinet.4
Not long before, in 1830, General Ventura had excavat-
ed the celebrated Manikyala Tope, in which he had found
a number of unknown curious coins, now known as Indo-
Scythian. In the beginning of 1832, Lieutenant Barnes, on
his way to Bokhara, visited Manikyala and inspected
General Ventura's operations. The Bactrian and Indo-
Scythian coins which he found on that occasion were
described by Mr. J. Prinsep in 1833, together with some
others with which he had been supplied ;6 and it may
be noted that on one of the former the now well-known
name of Kanerkes was for the first time distinctly legible.
To his description Mr. J. Prinsep added some remarks on
the historical bearings of the coins, and some speculations
as to the appropriations of such as were least known.
1
As. Res., Vol. XVII, p. 560. « See Ariana Antiqua, p. 8. • J. A. S. B.,
4
Vol. I, p. 392. lbid.% Vol. II, p. 27. • Ibid., Vol. Ill, p.*310.
30 Archaeology, History, Literature, etc. [CHAP. IT.
He little anticipated at that time the extent to which

materials were about to pour in upon him, or the important
conclusions which he was consequently enabled to establish
or suggest. Only two months later, in the same year, he
was enabled to publish a description and engravings of
eighteen coins, Bactrian and Hindu, chiefly from the collec-
tion of Dr. Swiney, amongst which were now made known,
for the first time, some of the drachmae, no doubt spokeu
of by Arrian, those of Menander and Apollodotus. Some
other coins, since known to belong to Indo-Scythic and
Hindu princes, were also now, for the first time, delineated
and described.1
An accession of unexpected extent was soon after,
in 1834, made through Mr. Masson's explorations of the
ancient topes in Afghanistan, especially at a place named
Beghram, of which an account was communicated to the
public through the Journal.2 Mr. Masson continued his
researches about Beghram during the four succeeding
years, and collected in this interval above thirty thousand
coins. A further account of these operations is given in
the Journal for 1836.3 Among the coins discovered by
him are not only new ones of Greek princes already known,
but also those of several whose names are not mentioned
in history, as Antialkides, Lysias, Agathocles, Archebias,
Pantaleon, and Hermaeus. He also found the coins of the
king whose titles only are specified as the Great King of
Kings, the Preserver, and of others whose names, although
assuming a Greek form, indisputably denote barbaric or
Indo-Scythic princes—Undopherres, Azes, Azilises, Kad-
phises, and Kanerkes. The first great step in the series of
1
J. A. S. B., Vol. II, PP- 87, 405. See Ariana Antiqua, pp. 9.10. 2 J. A. S. B.,
Vol. III. p. 153. See Ariana Antiqua, p. 10. 8 J. A. S. B., Vol. V, p. 1. See Ariana
Antiqua, p. 11.
Bactrian numismatic discovery was thus accomplished,
and the great object of later investigations became only, to
complete and extend the structure, of which such broad
foundations had been laid.1
In consequence of a remark made by Mr. J. Prinsep
in the previous volume of the Journal,2 intimating the
hope that a more precise account of General Ventura's
discoveries might be published in its pages, which remark
was communicated to that officer, he immediately, with the
most disinterested liberality, placed his collection at the dis-
posal of Mr. Prinsep. The latter, in the Journal for 1834,
devoted two memoirs to the description of the General's
collection.3 The coins were Sassanian and Indo-Scythic,
The former added to their usual characteristic types and
legends the peculiarity of a Nagari inscription, which,
though then unintelligible, was afterwards, in 1838,
deciphered by Mr. Prinsep in its entirety as referring to
Persian princes, though of unknown and uncertain appella-
tions.4 The Indo-Scythic coins were of the Kanerkes
type, and, by comparison with some of the same kind sent
by others, the legends on them, written in a barbarised
form of Greek, were completely read by Mr. Prinsep.5 In
the same Journal the latter also described some coins
found by Captain (afterwards General) Court in another
tope at Manikyala, which he had opened himself;6 a des-
cription which, in one point, was corrected by Lieutenant
(now Major-General) A. Cunningham.7
1 2
See Ariana Antiqua, p. 12. J. A. S. B., Vol. II, p. 308. • Jbid.,Vol. I l l ,
pp. 313, 436. See Ariana Antiqua, p. 13. * J. A. S. B., Vol. VH. p. 418. » S^
Ariana Antiqua, p. 14. • J. A. S. B., Vol. III. p. 662. See also Captain Conrflr
Memoir, ibid., p. 566. ' Ibid., p. 635. See, however, Journal des Savants,
February, 1836, p. 71; and Ariana Antiqua, p. 15.
The interest excited by the coins and relics of the

Pan jab and the districts beyond the Indus, stimulated
persons less favourably circumstanced than the officers
of Ranjit Singh to look around them for such remains
of past times as India Proper might afford ; and the
search was not in vain. A curious discovery was made
in 1833, by Captain Cautley, of the site of an anci-
ent to^n .near Behat in the Doab, which was seventeen
feet b€H\|w the surface of the soil.1 It was laid bare in
clearing out the bed of a canal, and, amongst other
relics, a number of coins were found.2 These were
engraved and described by Mr. Prinsep in the Journal for
1834; some were rude specimens of Indo-Scythic coins,
but others formed a new series distinguished by peculiar
types and aucieut Sanskrit characters.3 Their publication
soon produced others of a similar description. Two pro-
cured at Chitore were sent by Major Stacy ; others were
obtained by Lieutenant Conolly at Kanauj, and several
were comprised in the Cabinet of Dr. Swiney. These were
also described and delineated by Mr. Prinsep, who pointed
out that the inscriptions on them were in the ancient
Indian Pali alphabet.4 Three years later, in 1837, after
having discovered the key to that alphabet, he deciphered
the inscriptions, wjien sufficiently distinct. From other
specimens, since found in better preservation, it is now
known that they belonged to ancient Hindu princes (Mitras,
Dattas, Devas, Kunindas, Yaudheyanas), who, as shown
by the symbols on the coins, professed the Buddhist faith,
and who must have belonged to a period when Buddhism
prevailed in Upper Hindustan.5
a
I ' J, A. S. B.f Vol. Ill, p. 43. See Ariana Antiqua. p. 16. J. A. S. B., p. ?21.
1
Ibid., p. 227. * Ibid,, pp. 431, 433. See Ariana Antiqua, p. 16. * See
J. A. S. B., Vol. VI, v. 463 ; Vol. VII, pp. 1047, 1052.
At the same time another family of Indian coins was
brought to notice — the coins of Kanauj. Some speci-
mens had already appeared in 1832, ki the seventeenth
volume of the Researches,1 but little was known of
their appropriation. The legends on them were in the
same characters as the second inscription on the cele-
brated Allahabad Pillar, and the decipherment of the
latter by Dr. Mill, in 1834,3 determined them as belonging
to a dynasty of princes bearing the family designation of
Gupta. Some of the Gupta coins found at Kanauj by
Lieutenant Conolly were described and figured by Mr.
Prinsep in the Journal,3 and others were reported by Mr.
Tregear as having been obtained at Jauupur.4
Thus, by the end of 1834, or in less than two years from
the first attempt made in Calcutta to describe and delineate
the ancient coins of India, vast numbers of the Greek
coins of Bactria had been obtained, many bearing the
names of kings never heard of before ; and equal numbers
of the coins of the Indo-Scythic kings who succeeded the
Greeks, and of the two families of the coins of Beliat and
Kanauj—acquisitions which would have lingered on unno-
ticed and unprofitable for an indefinite period, had not
Mr. Prinsep, then the editor of the Society's Journal, been
ever lit hand to aid and encourage aud make known the
successful exertious of all who preceded or accompanied him
in numismatic- research.5
The next contribution to the subject by Mr. Prinsep con-
stitutes an important epoch in its history. It had been all
along observed that all the later Bactrian aud earlier Indo-
Scythian coins, while they presented Greek inscriptions on
1
As. Res., Vol. XVII, p. 568, fig. 5, 7,12,13, 14, 16, 17,18, 19. * J. A. S. B.,
Vol. Ill, p. 257. • Ibid., p. 229. * Ibid., p. 617. * See Ariana Antiqua, p. 18.
o
34 Archaeology, History, Literature, etc. [CHAP. 11.
one face, offered on the reverse a legend in unknown charac-

ters. Having bestowed on these coins a deliberate inves-
tigation, Mr. Priasep published another memoir, more
fully descriptive of all which had been sent to him, or of
which he had any knowledge up to the middle of the
year 1835. The result of his investigation he stated to
be, that it brought to light the names of several princes
unknown to history ; that it furnished him with a clue
to the alphabet which is found on the reverse of many
of these coins ; and lastly, that it laid open a perfect
link and connection between what had hitherto been called
the Indo-Scythic coins with corrupted Greek inscriptions
and the Hindu coins attributed, with reasonable certainty,
to the Kanauj dynasties.1 Of these three results the most
important was the ascertainment of the unknown alphabet,
the history of which will be detailed iu another portion
of this Review.2 The other great object of Mr. Prinsep's
conclusions was the connection that existed between the
Indo-Scythic, the early Hindu, the Buddhist, the Surash-
trian, the Gupta, the Rajput, and the early Muhammadan
coins. He traced the connection through four memoirs,
published iu 1835, 1836 and 1837, illustrated with engrav-
ings, and in the course of them determined several curious
and novel facts.3 The Buddhist coins of the Behat group
are supposed to have originated with the so-called punch
coins, rude pieces of silver, with various symbols punched
ou them, which may be considered the earliest attempts of
the Hindus to fabricate a national currency, and which have
been found in all parts of India in considerable numbers.4
At a later date they were more regularly formed, and when
\ • —
!
J. A. S. B., Vol. IV, p. 327 ; also Vol. VII, p. 63& See Ariana Antiqua, p. 18.
2
See infra, p. 60. 3 J. A. S. B., Vol. IV, pp. 621, 668; Vol. V, p. G39 ; Vol. VI,
p. 288. See Ariana Antiqua, p. 20. 4 As. Res., Vol. XVII, p. 696. fig. 101-108.
CHAP, I L ] Corns. 35
assuming Buddhist symbols, they were probably struck in
the monasteries of the period. Those which offer imitations
of the Indo-Scythic coins, of course followed the establish-
ment of the princes of that nation. In a better style the
type of the coins of these princes was also repeated on those
of the Gupta princes of Kanauj ; and the latter again
became the prototypes of the later coins of the various
Rajput dynasties down to the time of the Muhammadau
conquest.1
While prosecuting his comparative researches in Indian
numismatics, Mr.. Prinsep did not neglect his examination
of the Bactrian coins with which he had been so abundantly
supplied by Mr. Masson and others. In 1836 he published
two memoirs on new varieties of these coins which he had
discovered, and from which he brought to light the names
of several new princes, among them Archebias, Amyntas,
and the Queen Agathokleia.2 Another and no less curious
series of coins, however, which were being found in Surash-
tm, and of which a few detached specimens only had been
before published, also attracted Mr. Priusep's attention at
this time (1834). He noticed that they were imitations of
Bactrian coins,3 but the legends on them, which were to him*
at first unintelligible, he only succeeded in deciphering two
years later, in 1836, as written in an ancient form of'Ndgari
and referring to a dynasty of rulers which, as shown after-
wards, bore the title of Kshatrapa (Satrap), and of which
eleven descents could be made out from the coins. At the
same time the first discovery was made, which was amply
confirmed afterwards, that these coins were dated in an
ancient form of the Nagari numerals.4
— - - . . •
1
See Ariana Antiqua, pp. 20, 21. * J. A. S. B.f Vol. V, pp. 348, 720. • IhUl,
4
Vol. IV, p. 6S4. Jbid., Vol. VI. p. 377 ; Vol. VII, pp. 347, 348.r
36 Archaxrfogy, History, Litwature, etc. [CHAP. II.
On the departure of Mr. Prinsep from India in November

1838, his researches into the Buctrian and Jndo-Scythian
coins were zealously continued by Captain (now Major-
General) Alexander Cunningham, who all along had been
the trusty coadjutor of Mr. Prinsep \\\ his investigations.1
His results Cop tain Cunningham communicated to the
Society in 1840, 1842 and 1845, in three notices of some
new Bactrian coins. In these he had the satisfaction of being
able to add no less than nine new names to the already
long list of Bactrian sovereigns; of which seven were pure
Greek, and the other two genuine Parthian.2 In a fourth
notice on the same subject, in 1840, he described a number
of Bactrian and Sassanian coins found by Captain Hay
at Bameran.3 The extensive demand for Bactrian coins,
engendered by the eager interest widely taken in them con-
sequent upon the researches of the Numismatists, led to the
natural, though undesirable, result of attempts, made chiefly
by native workmen, to supply it by means of forgeries.
The experienced eye of Captain A. Cunningham, however,
at once discovered them ; and in two notices on counterfeit
Bactrian and Indo-Scythian coins, he supplied the unwary
collector with the much needed information.4
These two classes of coins, together witli the Surashtrian
and Sassanian, had hitherto concentrated on themselves the
almost undivided attention of those engaged in Indian numis-
matic research. This was natural; for being the most
ancient as well as the most obscure, they naturally offered
the widest and most promising field for discoveries. But
the harvest now began to grow exhausted, and the eyes
1
J. A. S. B., Vol. V, p. 652. 2 Ibid., Vol. IX, Pt. I, pp. 867, 1008 ; and Vol.
3
XI, Pt. I, p. 130; Vol. XIV, Pt. I, p. 430. Ibid., Vol. IX, Pt. I, pp. 68, 70, 531.
/«/., p. 393 ; Pt. II, p. 1217.
CHAP, ii.l Coins. 37
of the inquisitive began to turn in other directions.
Still there were gleanings to be made, as fresh coins
of those classes were constantlv being; found in various
places. Thus Mr. Laidlay noticed, in 1848, eight Indo-
Scythian gold coins found at Kussarava in the Mungir
District,1 and Captain (now General) James Abbott, in
1853, a few Bactrian and Indo-Scythian coins, got from
their old well-known find-place, the neighbourhood of
Manikyald;2 while Mr. E. Thomas, in 1851, contributed a
description of a curious new coin of the Sassanian t}Tpe.3
The most important later finds, however, were a silver com
of a new Bactrian king, Plato the Illustrious, reported by
Mr. J. Delmerick in 1872,4 and a deposit of twenty Indo-
Scythian and Koman gold coins, excavated by Mr. W.
Simpson from the Ahin Posh Tope at Jalalabad and
described by the writer of this Review in the 4 Proceed-
ings ' for 1879.5 A small hoard of ten Surashtrian coins,
found near Chhindw&ra in 1882 by Mr. J. W. Tawney,
may also be noticed 6
About this time an altogether different field, that of
the Muhammadau coins of India, comes, for the first time,
prominently into view. Some indications of this field
had already been given by Mr. Prinsep7 and the Hon'ble
H. T. Colebrooke, the latter of whom described, in 1841,
"a quantity of coins of the Musalman kings of Bengal
found at Howrah," and presented to the Society by Mr.
H. R. Torrens.8 The latter species of coins, though now
not uncommon, were in those days of such rarity that it
was far easier to procure the coins of Alexander or his
1
J. A. S. B., Vol. XVII. Part I, p. 454. * Ibid., Vol. XXII, p. 573. See also
Hid., Vol. XX, p. 137. 8 Ibit{., Vol. XX. p. 525. * Proceedings for 1872, pp. 34,
6
174. Ibid., for 1879, pp. 77,122.210. • Ibid., for 1882, p. 114 ; see also p. 41.
f
J. A. S. B., Vol. IV, pp. 679, «80. « Ibid.. Vol. X, Part I, p. 108/
38 Archaeology, History, Literature, etc. JCHAP. II.
successors in Bactrin, than those of the Sultans of Bengal.1

The Bengal coins of the Society's Cabinet, together with
others which were in his own possession, received a care-
ful examination at the hands of Mr. Laidlav, the result
of which he communicated in the Journal for 1846, and
by which he succeeded in throwing considerable light on
the history of the independent kings of Bengal, until
then very little known. The series of these kings he
succeeded in tracing by the help of the coins, with toler-
able continuity, from the first independent Sultan, Ilyds
Shdh, down to the last Mali mud Shah, with whom the
independence of the kingdom of Bengal was extin-
guished.2 After Mr. Laidlay's first attempt, the subject
of the Bengal coins remained entirely unnoticed tillrup-
wards of twenty years afterwards, in 1867, when, as will
be shown below, it was taken up in right earnest by Mr.
E. Thomas and Mr. H. Blochmann, owing to the happy
discovery of an extraordinary large hoard of Bengal coins.
In the meanwhile, investigations of no less interest
and with equally important results were carried on in other,
as yet almost, if not quite, untrodden fields of numis-
matic research. Thus, in 1846, the first information and
delineation of the comparatively modern coins of Arakan
of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was supplied by
Captain (now General Sir) A. P. Phayre;3and at the same
timeifwas supplemented by Lieutenant Thomas Latter by
a description and delineation of another species of Arakan
coins, bearing ancient Nagari characters which he did not
recognize,4 but which were afterwards, in 1872, shown by
Captain (now Colonel) G. E. Fryer to be coins of an ancient
1 8
J. A. S! B., Vol. XV, p. 324. Ibid., p. 323. » Ibid., p. 232. « Ibid.,
p. 238.
Arakanese dynasty of the eighth and ninth centuries, A. D. ;*
a conclusion which, in 1878 and 1880, was confirmed by
Dr. Rajendralala Mitra from a new find of similar coins.2
In 1852, Mr. E. Thomas, who had already successfully
investigated the coins of the kings of Ghazni from the
specimens in Mr. Masson's large collection,3 contributed
another no less valuable memoir on that subject in the pages
of the Society's Journal, based on the Ghazni coins in Colo-
nel Stacy's Cabinet. It described coins belonging to six
sovereigns, including Subaktigin, Ismael, Mahmiid, Mas'aiid,
Madiid, and Ibrahim; it incidentally also noticed a curious
coin of the Rajput Bull and Horseman type inscribed with
4
Mas'aiid ' the name of one of these sovereigns.4 In con-
nection with this subject it may be mentioned that, in
the year before, 1851, Mr. E. Thomns had published
descriptions and delineations of eight specimens of Cen-
tral Asiatic Kufic coinages of various dates and kingdoms.5
A few years later, in 1855, he contributed a valuable
memoir on a very different, as well as much more
ancient, and for Indian history much more important, class
of coins, those known by the name of the Gupta dynasty,
of which two principal species had been met with, one in
gold, the other in silver. These coins had already been
noticed by Mr. J. Prinsep and correctly appropriated by
him, though he was unable to read the legends on the
second species of them.0 Since his time coins of this
class were repeatedly found in various places, and occa-
sionally noticed in the Journal. Thus, in 1852, Major M.
2
» J. A. S. B., Vol. XLI, Part I, p. 201. Proceediugs for 1878, pp. 102, 103 ;
8
and for 1880, pp. 53, 54. See Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society for 1848.
4
J. A. S. B., Vol. XXI, p. 115. See also a later notice by Mr. C. J. Rodgers, in
Proceedings for 1879, p. 78 ; and for 1881, p. 4. * J. A. S. B., Vol. XX, p. 537.
6
Ibid., Vol. I l l , p. 230; and Vol. IV, p. 687.
Kittoe brought to notice a large hoard found at Benares, of

which some were described and figured by Mr. (now Sir)
E. C. Bayley;1 and in the same year, Dr. Rajendralala Mitra
described and delineated three curious coins found at
Muhammndpur in the Jessore District, among which,
however, only one is probably to be classed as a
Gupta coin, while another is now known to belong to
the Susanka series, and the third is a South Indian coin.2
In the memoir of 1855, already alluded to, Mr. E. Thomas,
who had the advantage of examining all these coins toge-
ther with others in Colonel Stacy's and his own possessiQn,
successfully brought together and systematised all that
had hitherto been ascertained regarding the gold and silver
currency of the Guptas, adding at the same time much
new information, especially with regard to their silver
coinage.3 Another class of coins, more ancient and hardly
less important than those of the Guptas, but having their
affinities rather with the Indo-Scythian coins, was brought
to notice about the same time, in the Journal of 1854,
by Major A. Cunningham. These are the so-called coins
of the Indian Buddhist Satraps, of Mahigala, Jivauisa,
and Kajabala, the peculiarity of which is that they exhibit
for the first time pure Hindu names written in Greek
characters. They are of the highest interest and value for
the elucidation of Indian history just before the Christian
era, as they afford a sure guide to the religious and poli-
tical state of India at that particular period.4
Atthirttime a long pause occurred; during the next
ten years, from 1855 to 1864, the Journal contains not
1 8
J. A. S. B., Vol. XXI, pp. 390, 392. Ibid., Vol. XXI, p. 401. • 'ibid.,
Vol. XXlV, p. 483. For some later notices of finds of Gupta coins of well-known
types, see Proceedings for 1878, p. 191; for 1879, p. 174 ; for 1881, p. 39 ; for 1882,
p. 112. « J. A. S. £., Vol. XXIII, p. 679.
a single numismatic contribution. But though there was

no outward manifestation, the work of enquiring into
the coinages of India was carried on with undiminished
zeal, in the study and in the field. The first fruit of
this laborious though quiet research was the publica-
tion by Mr. E. Thomas, in the Journal for 1864 and
1865, of three learned memoirs on u ancient Indian
weights."1 The substance of these memoirs had been
originally prepared by him for insertion in the Numismatic
Chronicle, but as a large proportion of their contents
proved, in the progress of the enquiry, to relate to questions
beyond the legitimate scope of that Journal, they were, iu
a revised and amplified form, published in the Society's
Transactions. The attention of archaeologists had, just
then, been attracted to the weights and measures of ancient
nations, by the elaborate work of M. Queipo, and the less
voluminous but more directly interesting article of Mr.
R. S. Poole (in Smith's Dictionary of the Bible) on the
Babylonian and other early metrologies. Mr. E. Thomas's
memoirs on the system of the ancient Indian weights is
not the least valuable contribution to this enquiry. For
" that system, iu its local development, though neces-
sarily possessing a minor claim upon the consideration of
the European world, may well maintain a leading position
in the general investigation, on the ground of its primitive
and independent organization, and the very ancient date at
which its terms were embodied and defined in writing; while
to numismatists it offers the exceptional interest of possess-
ing extant equivalents of the specified weights given in the
archaic documentary record which Sacksrit literature has
preserved in the text of the original Code of the Hindus."
» J. A. S. B., Vol. XXXIII, p. 251; Vol. XXXIV, pp 14, 51.

42 Archceology, History, Literature, etc. [CHAP, IL
In the course of his memoirs, the author proves the very

early date of the employment of coined money in India,
the earliest representatives of which were the so-called
"punch-coins," already referred to in connection with the
Behat discovery. These were "flat pieces of metal, some
round, some square or oblong, adjusted with considerable
accuracy to a fixed weight and usually of an uniform
purity, seemingly verified and stamped anew with distinc-
tive symbols by succeeding generations, which clearly
represented an effective currency long before the ultimate
date of the engrossment of the Laws of Manu."1 These
pieces may still be found all over Northern India in
unusual numbers, though mostly in silver, while their more
perishable and less esteemed copper equivalents are of
very rare occurrence. Their appearance may be judged
from the delineations on the two plates which accompany
Mr. Thomas's memoirs.2 At a later date the ancient Indian
coinage shows distinct traces of Greek influence; notably
in the case of the Surashtrian and Gupta coins.
Another class of coins of this type, though preserving
more of a distinctively Indian character, was brought to
notice by Major-General A. Cunningham, at the same time
that Mr. Thomas's memoir on the earliest currency
appeared. In the Journal for 1865, he described and deli-
neated coins, mostly of great rarity, of three different dynas-
ties which anciently held sway in Narwar and Gwalior, and
the earliest of which, that of the so-called " nine Nagas,"
was contemporary with the Guptas, in the second century
of the Christian era.3 To the same type belong the coins
of the *Sunga or Mitra dynasty, which reigned in north
Panchala, the modern Rohilkhand, and, like the Nagas,
1 2 3
J. A. S. B., Vcl. XXXIV, p. 15. Ibid., Plates ix and xi. Ibid., p. 115.
was contemporary with the great Guptas. Colonel Stacy's
specimens of their coins, as well as of those of the
Nagas, had been already noticed by Mr. J. Prinsep,1 as
long ago as 1837, since when little or nothing had been
added to their knowledge. But, in 1879, Mr. H. Rivett-
Carnac was so fortunate as to procure a considerable
number and variety of them from the ruined site of the
ancient town of Ahichhatra. They were placed by him in
the hands of Mr. A. C. Carlleyle, who published a careful
description and delineation of them in the Journal for
1880.2 Later, in the same volume, Mr. Rivett-Carnac him-
self gave a large number of additional delineations of
Mitra coins and others similar to them.3 A few years pre-
viously, in 1873, the Hon'ble E. C. Bayley had published
two other coins of the same class, found on the site of the
ancient city of Kausambhi,4 and in 1875 Dr. Rajendralala
Mitra contributed some further elucidation of another well-
known and often described kind of coin of the same type,
that of Kuuanda, of which a new specimen had been found
at Kama!.5 Two curious gold coins, of unknown attribu-
tion, but probably belonging to the same class, were des-
cribed and delineated by the writer of this Review in 1881
and 1882.6
These were but gleanings on the field of the earlier
Hindu coinages of India — a.field which now, after the
long continued and searching labours of General Cun-
ningham and his co-workers, appears rapidly to be-
come exhausted. But there was still a field on which,
>See J. A. S. B., Vol. VI, pp. 297, 298. 2 Ibid., VoLXLIX,^. 21. * Ibid.,
Vol. XLIX, pp. 87, 138. See also, for a later find, Proceedings for 1881, p. 64.
« J. A. S. B., Vol. XLII, pp. 109, 191. * Ibid., Vol. XLIV, p. 82. See also Mr.
a
Thomas's Description and Delineation in Vol. XXXIV, p. 65. Proceedings for
1881, pp. 39, 138, and for 1882, pp. 91,194.
though much had been already done, there remained j e t

very much more to be done by those of a later day, who took
an interest in the numismatics of India. This field com-
prised the varied and, some of them, extensive cbisses of
Muhammadan coins—the imperial coinage of Dehli as well
as the provincial ones of Bengal, Gujnr&t, Malwa, and
others. It included also the later Hindu coins of Kashmir,
Kangra, &c, contemporary with, and subsequent to, the
Muhammadan conquest. Here again, after a preliminary
publication, in 1864, of a catalogue and delineations of
Muhammadan coins current in the bazars of the Gujarat Dis-
trict in 1859, the experienced numismatist, Mr. E. Thomas,
some of whose valuable contributions on a similar subject
have been already noticed, took the lead. It was a remark-
able discovery which afforded the occasion. In 1863, an .
extraordinarily large hoard of coins, numbering in all no
less than 13,500 pieces of silver, was found in Cooch Bihar,
in Northern Bengal. The autumnal foil of a river bank,
not far removed from the traditional capital of Kanteswnr
Raja, a king of mark in provincial annuls, disclosed to
modern eyes the hidden treasure of some credulous mortal
who, in olden time, entrusted his wealth to the keeping of
an alluvial soil, carefully stored and secured in brass ves-
sels specially constructed for the purpose, but destined to
contribute undesignedly to an alien inheritance, and a
disentombment at a period much posterior to that contem-
plated by its depositor. This accumulation, so singuhir in
its numerical amount, is not less remarkable on account
of its component elements, all the coins being, with a very
few exceptions of imperial coins of Delhi, the unmixed
produce of the provincial mints of Bengal, and embracing the
records of no more than ten kings, ten mint cities, and one
hundred and seven years up to the end of the fourteenth
CHAP, ii.] Coins. 45.
century. From this great store careful selections were

made by Dr. Rajendralala Mitra for the Calcutta Mint,'the
Asiatic Society and Colonel C. S. Gutlirie,1 and these selec-
tions afforded to Mr. Thomas the leading materials for
his invaluable monograph on "The Initial Coinage of
Bengal," which was first published in the Journal of the
Roval Asiatic Societv of Great Britain and Ireland,3 and
afterwards in 1867 reprinted in the pages of the Journal
of this Society.3 After an introductory exposition of the
Muhnmmadan system of coinage, the monograph proceeds
to describe and delineate the coins of ten Bengal sover-
eigns, beginning with Ruknuddin Kai Kaus, and ending
with Gliiyasuddin, 'Azam Shah, noticing at the same time
the imperial coins of Nasiruddiu Mahmud Shdh and of
Jalalatuddin Riziynh.
A careful examination of these coins enabled the author
to throw considerable light on the hitherto little or obscure-
ly known history of the early Muhanimadau occupation
of Bengal, extending over a century and a half. There still,
however, remained much to be cleared up, especially regard-
ing the course of events during those frequent rebellions to
which the Governors of Bengal were tempted by the remote-
ness of their province from the centre of the empire. One of
these residual obscurities, relating to the rebellion of the
Bengal Governor, Gliiyasuddin 'Iwaz, Mr. Thomas himself
was able to clear up some years later, owing to the discovery,
near the fort of Bihar, of thirty-seven coins, among which
were some of Ghiyasuddin, and others of the contempo-
rary Delili Emperor, Altamsh. Regarding these Mr. Thomas
contributed to the Journal of 1873 a supplementary memoir
1 a
J. A. S. B., Vol. XXXIII, p. 480. See Journal, R. A. S., Vol. II, p. I,
(N. S.) * J. A. S. B., Vol. XXXVI, p. 1.
of the Initial Coinage of Bengal.1 Still later in 1881,

another of the residual obscurities, relating to the history
of the rebellion of the Governor Mughisuddin Yuzbaq, was
elucidated by a third discovery of a hoard of thirty-eight
coins near Gauhati in Assam, which were described and
delineated in the Journal of that year by the writer of
the present Review.
In the meanwhile a large and varied number of Ben-
gal coins of a somewhat later period had been accumu-
lating in the Society's Cabinet. These, with some others
in the possession of private individuals, were subjected
to a careful examination by Mr. H. Blochmann, the
late Philological Secretary of the Society, who brought
to bear on them his extensive linguistic and historic
experience. The result were three very valuable memoirs
on u The Geography and History of Bengal," pub-
lished in the Journals for 1873, 1874, 1875, in the course
of which he described and delineated a large number of
coins of eleven of the independent. Sultans of Bengal, and
by their aid settled many hitherto disputed or obscure
points in their history.2 Some additional information on
the same subject was afforded by the Hon'ble E. C. Bayley,
who, in 1873, contributed a notice and delineation of a rare
coin of the independent Sultan of Bengal, Muzaffar Shah ;3
and a little later by Mr. J. G. Delmerick, who, in 1876,
noticed and delineated two new coins of Bahadur Shah and
Husain Shah.4 In the very last year of the century, 1883,
a new find of coins of Mahmud Shah 1. and Barbak Shah,
which were described and delineated by the writer of the
present Review, removed some further obscurities in the
1 2
J. A. S. B., Vol. XLII, p. 343. Ibid., p. 209 ; Vol. XLIII. p. 280;
Vol. XLIV, p. 275. * Ibid,, Vol. XLII, p. 311. « IbU!., Vol. XLV, p. 2<J5.
CHAP, IL] Coins. 47
history of those two Sultans.1 Thus, within the short space

of seventeen years, the coins of Bengal, which formerly
were hardly known at all, became one the richest and best
ascertained of the Indian coinages.
While this active research in the coins of Bengal was
going on, those of the great Delhi empire were not neg-
lected. Already in 1847, Mr. E. Thomas, who had made
the Muhammadan coins of India his particular study, had
.published a separate memoir on the u Coins of the Pathan
Sultans of Hindustan;" to which he added a " Supplement"
in 1851. But the rapidly increasing accumulation of new
and very ample materials induced him to undertake a
thorough revision of the whole subject, the result of which
appeared in a masterly form in 1871, as " The Chronicles of
the Pathan Kings of Dehli."2 The work, at the time
of its appearance, could rightly claim to be almost
exhaustive. But the subject of the Pathan coins is so
extensive, that it cannot be wondered that further
research brought to light so many new coins as to
render the want of a supplement much felt. This want
Mr. C. J. Rodgers, whom zealous numismatic enquiries had
fitted for the task, undertook to supply ; and in the
Journals for 1880 and 1883 he contributed three supple-
mentary memoirs, in which he described and delineated a
large number of hitherto unnoticed or newly found coins
of the Pathan Empire.3 A few isolated additions to Mr.
Thomas's great work had been already previously made from
time to time. Thus, in the Journal for 1871, Mr. E. C.
Bayley described and delineated a rare coin of Sultau
1 2
J. A. S. B., Vol. LII, p. 211. See Preface to the Chronicles of the Pathan
3
Kings of Delhi. J. A. S. B., Vol. XLIX, pp. 81, 207 ; Vol. LII, p. 65.
48 Arch otology\ History, Literature, etc. [CHAP. II.
Finiz Shah Zsifar;1 in 1873, he made known a unique gold

coin of the usurper, Nasiruddin Khusrau;2 in 1876, the
Rev. Mr. Cnrleton published an unique gold coin of
Ndsiriuldm Mahmiid Shah ;3 in 1878, Mr. H. Blochman,
an unique gold coin of Jalal-uddin Finiz Shah II ;4
in 1881, Mr. J. G. Delmerick, an unique silver coin of
Shainsiulcliu Kainmrs ; 6 and in 1880, Dr. C. R. Stulp-
nagel added a few new coins struck in the joint names
of Ghij'asuddiu and Muizzuddin bin Sam.6 Mr. J. G..
Delmerick, the same whose contribution of two supple-
mentary Bengal coins has already been noted, also con-
tributed descriptions and delineations of some new and rare
Pathans in the Journals for 1874, 1875 and 1876/ In his
second and third papers also occur the first more detailed
notices, ever published in the Journal, of some of the
Muhammadan provincial coinages, those of Jaunpur,8
Malwa, Kulbsirga, and Kashmir, as well as of coins of
the Mogul Empire.0 The researches into some of these
provincial coins were pursued more especially by Mr. C. J.
Rodgers, who has been just mentioned in connection with
the Pathan coins. The Journals for 1879,1880, 1881 and
1883 contain several valuable memoirs from him, on the
coins of Akbar,10 those of the Sultans and Mahardjas of
Kashmir11 and Kdngra,12 and those of the Sikhs.lb The
subject of the provincial coins of South India was, about
the same time, taken up by Dr. G. Bidie, who contributed to
i j. A. S. B., Vol. XL, p. 160. * Ibid., Vol. XL1I, p. 311. « Proceedings

4
for 1S7<5, p. 91. IM-, for 1878, p. 64. * Ibid., for 1881, p. 167. • J. A.
7
S. B., Vol. XLIX, p. 29. Ibid., Vol. XLIII, p. 97 ; Vol. XLIV, p. 12G; Vol. XLV,
8
p. 291. Ibid., Vol. XLIV, p. 126. See also Proceedings for 1881, pp. 40, 41.
w
•. J, A. S. B., Vol. XLV, p. 292. See also Proceedings for 1869, p. 266. J. A.
S. B., Vol. XLIX, p. 213; Vol. Lll.p. 97. » lhid.,Vo\ XLVIII, pp. 277, 282.
n
Ibid., VoL XLIX, p. 10. " /«<*., Vol. L, p. 71.
CHAP, ii.] Coins.
the Journal for 1883 a short monograph on the so-called

Pagoda or Varaha coins.1
The last two contributions in the pages of the Society's
Journal refer to countries beyond the confines of India
proper. These are a memoir by Mnjor W. F. Prideaux
on the " Coins of Charibael, King of the Homerites and
Sabaenns,"8 and two others by Major-General A. Cunning-
ham on u Relics of Ancient Persia in Gold, Silver, and
Copper," in which, among other relics, he describes and
delineates a large number of coins of Persian kings and
satraps and of Greek kings and cities, discovered in
1877 on the north bank of the Oxus. Thus, with the
close of the century, the researches in Indian numismatics,
as represented in the Society's Journal, after having
gradualW brought the whole extent of India proper within
their purview, returned once more to the earliest field of
their enquiry beyond the Western frontiers of modern India.
1 2
J. A. S. B., Vol. LII, p. 33. Ibid., Vol. L, pp. 95,151 ; and Vol. LII, p. 64.
Archceology, History, Literature, etc. [CHAP. HI.
CHAPTER III.
ANCIENT INDIAN ALPHABETS.
[Indian Pali characters: the Kutila, the Gupta, the Asoka—Arian Pali characters.]
THE most interesting and important period of the Socie-

ty's activity with regard to the reading and translation of
Ancient-Inscriptions lies between the years 1834 and 1839,
and is mainly connected with the name of Mr. James Prin-
sep, the Society's secretary at that time. Within the short
space of those few years, and through the labours, in the
main, of one man, those great discoveries were made which
form the foundation of our knowledge of the ancient art
of writing, language, and history of India.
The modern Devan&gari characters are now known to
have past, roughly speaking, through three previous stages
of development,—the Kutila, the Gupta, and the Asoka.
The last two are named, respectively, after the Gupta kings
(between the 2nd and 4th centuries, A.D.), and king Asoka
(in the 3rd century, B.C.); the first name is descriptive
(4 curved '), and was first noticed by Mr. J. Prinsep in an
inscription from the Bareilly District 1 The characters
named Kutila very closely resemble the modern Devandgari,
and inscriptions written in them offered no very great
1
J. A. S. B., Vol. VI, p. 779 (verse 36).
CHAP, in.] Ancient Indian Alphabets. 51
difficulty to the early decipherers. As early as 1785, diaries

Wilkins published a transcript and translation of the Kutila
inscription on the well-known Pillar at Buddal. In a letter
dated 14th July, 1785, he thus refers to it: "I have lately
been so fortunate as to decipher the character; and I have the
honour to lajr before the Society a transcript of the original
in the modern writing, and a translation, and at the same
time to exhibit the two impressions I took from the stone
itself."1 About the same time Pandit Radha Kanta Sarma
communicated a translation of the Eutila inscription of
Visala Deva on the famous Iron Pillar in Dehli,2 which,
about 1801, was retranslated and revised by Mr. Henry
Colebrooke.3
The Gupta characters, the general appearance of which
differs not inconsiderably both from the Kutila and the
modern Nagari, offered a much more serious difficulty.
Yet about the same time the ingenuity of Mr. Charles Wil-
kins succeeded also in overcoming the difficulties of these
peculiar characters. In. the years 1785-1789, he deci-
phered and published readings and translations of three of
the now well-known short inscriptions of the Varma" Kings
in the Nagarjuni caves near Buddha-Gaya. In a letter to
the secretary, dated 17th March 1785, he says: " Having
been so fortunate as to make out the whole of the very,
curious inscription you were so obliging as to lend me, I
herewith return it, accompanied by an exact copy, in a
reduced size, interlined with each corresponding letter in
the modern Devanagarf character; and also a copy of my
translation, which is as literal as the idioms would admit of
to be. The character is, undoubtedly, the most ancient of
any that have hitherto come under my inspection. It is
1 8
As. Res., Vol. I, p. 131. * Ibid., p. 370. Ibid., Vol.-VII, p. 173.
52 Archaeology, History, Literature, etc. [CHAP. HI.
not only dissimilar to that which is now in use, but even

very materially different from that we find in inscriptions
of eighteen hundred years ago. But though the writing
be not modern, the language is pure Sanskrit."1
Notwithstanding the success, however, of Mr. Wilkins,
it was a considerable interval of years before any practical,
application was made of his discovery to attempt a deci-
pherment of the numerous inscriptions in the same charac-
ter which came to be made known from time to time. Of
the important Chandra Gupta inscription on the Sanchi
Tope, Mr. James Prinsep still writes in 1834: "None of
our Orientalists have yet been able to make anything of
the Bhilsa or Sanchi inscription, although they are far from
abandoning their attempts to decipher it;"2 and it was only
in 1837 that he himself published the first translation
of it.3 For some thirty years, the main interest of the
Society in Indian researches had been turned into other
channels; and when the study of ancient inscriptions
was again taken up, there were .difficulties that retarded
progress. In the first place, it was only after repeated
attempts at taking eye-copies or facsimiles that sufficiently
serviceable copies of the most important inscriptions were
obtained. What difficulties were encountered in this res-
pect may be judged, for example, from what Mr. J. Prinsep
says in 1838 with 'regard to the Dehli Pillar inscription:
" I allude to the short inscription on the celebrated Iron
Pillar at Dehli, of which I published, in 1834, an attempted
copy taken by the late. Lieutenant William Elliot, at the
express request of the Revd. Dr. Mill; but it was so ingeni-
1
As. Res., Vol. I, p. 279 ; and VoL II, p. 167, reprinted in J. A. S. B., Vol. XVI,
p. 594. See also J. A. S. B., Vol. IV, p. 691; and.Genl. Cunningham's Archaeolo-
2 s
gical Reports, Vol. I, pp. 47-49. J. A. S. B., Vol. Ill, p. 488. Ibid.,
Vol. VI, p.
CHAP, in.] AncienVIndian Alphabets. 53
ously mismanaged, that not a single word could be made
out."1 Next, though Mr. Wilkins's successful decipherment
had furnished a key to the reading of the Gupta characters,
it required yet much careful, handling of it before it would
unlock all the mysteries of that system of writing. Refer-
ring to the Gupta inscription on the Pillar of Allahabad, of
which he had taken a copy for the Society, Lieutenant
T. S. Burt writes in 1834: " On examining all the eighteen
volumes of the Asiatic Researches, I am happy to say I
have found, or at least partly found, a key to the
character No. 22 in the transcript and interpretation of
an ancient inscription at Gay a, by Dr. Wilkins.3 This
will evidently serve as a guide by which nearly half of
the letters can be made out."4 What was still wanting,
however, was now soon supplied by the joint labours
of Captain A. Troyer, Dr. W. H. Mill, and Mr. James
Prinsep, who successively and successfully examined and
translated some of the most celebrated Gupta inscrip-
tions. Thus, in 1834, Captain Troyer gave a partial
translation of the Gupta inscription on the Allaha-
bad Pillar.5 Dr. Mill in the same year completed it;
and, in 1837, added to it a translation of its compa-
nion inscription on the Bhitari Pillar.6 Mr. James
Prinsep, in 1837 and 1838, further added a translation
of the inscriptions on the pillars at Dehli,7 Kuhaun,8
(Gorakhpur District), Eran (in Bhopal),9 on the topes
of Sanchi10 and Amravati,11 and on the rock of Junngarh.12
To the names of these three pioneers should be added
' J. A. S. B., Vol. VII, p. 629. * This is the term used at that time to desig.
nate what are now commonly called the Gupta characters. ' As. Res., Vol. I,
4 a
p. 279. J. A. S. B., Vol. Ill, p. 111. * Ibid., p. 118. Ibid., pp. 257ff ; and
Vol. VI. pp. Iff. 7 Ibid., Vol. VII. pp. 629ff. 8 Ibid., pp. 36ff- _ 9 Ibid., pp. 633ff.
10 w
Ibid., Vol. VI, pp. 435ff. " Ibid., pp. 218ff. Ibid., Vol.VlI, pp. 3:*7ff.
54 Archceobgy, History, Literature, etc. [CHAP. HI.
that of Mr. W. H. Wathen, who, in 1835, contributed

to the general result by his successful reading of some
Gujar&ti copper-plates written in a later variety of the
Gupta characters.1 There is no need to trace the history
of the decipherment of the Gupta characters any further.
At first the age of this system of writing was greatly
over-estimated. The general impression was that it be-
longed to the early centuries before the Christian era.
This opinion seems to have originated from a casual
remark of Dr. Charles Wilkins in the passage above
quoted, as would appear from Mr. J. Prinsep's observa-
tion referring to it in 1831, that Dr. Wilkins had imagin-
ed the Gaya characters to be as ancient as the Christian
era,2 and from a similar remark of Lieutenant T. S. Burt,
that the Allahabad pillar inscriptions, " from what the
Doctor (Wilkins) says as applied to the Gaya inscription,
will probably prove to be composed of pure Sanskrit and
to be more than 1800 years old."3 On what grounds Dr.
Wilkins had formed his conjecture does not appear, for
Le can hardly have been aware of the principal argument
which afterwards seemed to make in support of his view.
This was the ascertainment of the name of Chandra Gupta
in the Allahabad and its companion inscriptions, which there
was a natural tendency at first to identify with the celebrated
Maurva King Chandra Gupta or Sandracottus, whose date
towards the end of the fourth century B. C. was well ascer-
tained from being mentioned by Strabo and Arrian.4 This
identification was thought by many to be strongly confirmed
by the information on the history of Sandracottus, deriv-
ed by Mr. Tumour from the Mahavamso.6 But Mr. J.
8
> J. A. S. B., Vol. IV, p. 476. * Ibid., Vol. Ill, p. 115. Ibid., p. 111.
5
• Ibid., pp 266, 267. Ibid., Vol. VI, p. 15.
CHAP, in.] Ancient Indian Alphabets. 5b
Prinsep, who in 1834 first suggested the identification,
himself pointed out two of the difficulties of it, which lay
in the two facts that the names of the Gupta dynasty in the
inscription did not accord with those of the Maurya
dynasty, and that the capitals of the two dynasties were
different, viz., Kanauj and Patna respectively.1 Dr. Mill
strongly supported these objections, adding to them two
more, based on the difference of race and religious profes-
sion of the two dynasties, the Mauryas being of theSolar race,
while the Guptas were of the Lunar race, and some of them
held the late Sakti form of the Sivaite faith.2 He himself
proposed another date, which however erred as muck -in
the opposite direction. Rightly identifying the Gupta
dynasty with that mentioned in the furanas, but miscal-
culating their age from the untrustworthy dates furnished
by those pseudo-historical works, he suggested in 1837
the "age of Charlemagne in Europe," in the ninth cen-
tury A. D., as the probable date of the Guptas and
their inscriptions.3 A similarly erroneous suggestion had
been, already in 1834, made by Mr. J. Prinsep, who
thought the similarity of the Gupta character with tliose
of Tibet, known to have been brought there from India in
the seventh century A.D., might be considered to favour
the latter date.4 In the meanwhile, however, the dated
copper-plates from Gujrat were read by Mr. W. II. Wathen
in 1835. Their dates and .the striking similarity of their
characters with those of the Gupta inscription finally led
Mr. J. Prinsep to the discovery of the true date, the third
century A. D., which he announced in 1838, and illustrated
by a comparative table of the successive Indian alphabets.5
J. A. S. B., Vol. Ill, p 115. * Ibid., p. 267 ; and Vol. VI, p. 9. » JbUL.
5
Vol. VI, p. 12. * Ibid-, Vol. I l l , p. 115. Ibid., Vol. VII, TP- 273, 629.
The most important achievement of Mr. James Frinsep,

however, consists in his great discovery of the value of
" the alphabet and tbe language of those ancient pillars and
rock inscriptions which have been," as he says, " the wonder
of the learned since the days of Sir William Jones."1
The characters of these inscriptions are again as widely
different from the Gupta characters, as the latter are from the
modern Ndgaii.2 They appear to have been first made
known to the Society about 1795 through some short
inscriptions from the Ellora caves, forwarded to Sir W.
Jones by Sir Charles Ware Mallet. They were submitted
ta Lieutetiant'Wilford, whose ingenuity did not fail him in
providing a translation. " I have the honour to return," he
writes to Sir W. Jones, "the facsimile of the several
inscriptions with an explanation of them. I despaired at
first of evfir being able to decipher them ; for as there are
no ancient inscriptions in that part of India (Benares), we
never had, of course, any opportunity to try our skill and
improve our talents in the art of deciphering. However
after many fruitless attempts on our part, we were so
fortunate as to find at List an ancient sage, who gave us the
key, and produced a book in Sanskrit containing a great
many ancient alphabets, formerly in use in different parts
of India ; this was really a fortunate discovery, \vhich here-
after may be of great service to us."3 Lieutenant Wilford's
i
discovery ' appears to have passed unquestioned for many
years, for Mr. A. Sterling, writing about 1820 on the Khan-
dagiri rock inscription, which is in the same character, says:
—" A portion of the Ellora and Salsette inscriptions, written
in the above character, has been deciphered by the learning
and ingenuity of Major Wilford, aided by the discovery of
1 2
J. A. S. B.( Vol. VI, p. 452. Ibid., p. 566. • As. Res., Vol. V, p. 135.
a key to the unravelling of ancient inscriptions in the
possession of a learned Brahmin; and it is to be regretted
that the same has not been further applied to deciphering
the Dehli and other characters."1 Indeed a similar regretful
reference to Lieutenant Wilford's discovery of the key was
made by Mr. Prinsep himself in 1833, only about a year
or two before he discovered the true key.2 This regret
is natural enough, but it can hardly surprise that no further
practical application was made of the " learned Brahmin's "
key, for it is much to be feared that, as in his other anti-
quarian researches, in this instance too, Lieutenant Wilford
fell a victim to the astuteness of a designing pandit, who
traded on his credulity. However that may be, it is certain
that his so-called ' discovery' was a thorough delusion, for
his texts are entirely imaginary readings of the original,
while his translations are entirely imaginary interpretations
of the imaginary texts—an unintelligible jargon which is
supposed to relate the wanderings of Yudhisthira and the
Pandavas through forests and uninhabited places. " They
were precluded"—so Lieutenant Wilford conjectures—"by
agreement from conversing with mankind. But their friends
and relations, Viduraand Vyasa, contrived to convey to them
such intelligence and information as they deemed necessary
for their safety. This they did by writing short and obscure
sentences on rocks or stones in the wilderness, and in charac-
ters previously agreed upon betwixt them."3
Subsequently some more and larger inscriptions in the
same character were communicated to the Society, among
2
» As. Res., Vol. XV, p. 314. J. A. S. B., Vol. II, p. 317. • As. Res.,
Vol. V. p. 13G. The ascription to the Pandavas seems to have been a common Hindu
conceit, for the Dehli Pillar, which exhibits the same character, is by them sup-
posed to have been Bhim Sen's staff with which he used to grind his bhang: see
J. A. S. B., Vol. Ill, p. 106.
them the celebrated Asoka inscriptions on the pillars of

Dehli and Allahabad from Captain J. Hoare, and that on the
Khandagiri Rock from Mr. A. Sterling.1 But, after Lieute-
nant Wilford's failure, no further attempt was made to read
them, and they remained to the European enquirers as
great a mystery as they had been for ages to the natives
of India, till Mr. J. Priusep's efforts again brought them into
prominent notice, and his genius succeeded in discovering
the true key to their decipherment. In 1834, he prevailed
on Lieutenant T. S. Burt to procure a good and complete
facsimile of the inscription on the Allahabad pillar ; and
in the same year he received a copy of the inscription on the
pillar of Mathiah, and in the following year (1835) one of
that on the pillar of Uadhiah, both through the assistance of
Mr. B. H. Hodgson.3 On comparing these three inscriptions
with that on the Dehli pillar, which had been previously in
the Society's possession, with a view to find any other words
which might be common either to two or to all of them,
Mr. Prinsep was led, as he tells us, " to the most important
discovery that all four inscriptions were identically the same."3
This was, indeed, an important discovery, as it afforded to
him a fuller and more trustworthy means of comparing and
classifying the symbols of the mysterious alphabet—a task
which he had commenced not long before. Mr. A. Stirling,
when communicating to the Society his copy of the Khanda-
giri rock inscription, had thought he could notice "a close
resemblance of some of the letters to those of the Greek
alphabet," instancing particularly " the Greek ou, sigma,
lambda, chi, delta, epsilon, and a something closely resem-
bling the figure of the digamma"4 In doing so, however,
1
As. Res., Vol. VII, pp. 175,176 ; and Vol. XV, p. 312. « J. A. S. B., Vol. III.
l
p. 483 ; and Vol. IV, p. 125. Ibid., Vol. Ill, p. 484 ; Ibid., Vol. IV, p. 12G.
* As. Res., Vol. XV, pp. 313-314.
he merely repented an observation which had occurred to
others long before him, as noted by Father Tieffenthaler,1 who
says tluit those who held the Grecian theory believed that
the Dehli pillar had been erected by Alexander the Great;
and he adds that " this was an error." But Tieffenthaler's
own explanation, that they were partly numerical figures,
partly figurations of weapons of war, (the record, in fact,
being merely a numerical list of arms;) was no better than
Lieutenant Wilford's so-called discovery.
Curiously enough, the Greek theory received in 1834
what almost seemed to amount to proof from Major
(afterwards Colonel) D. L. Stacy, who actually read
the Greek word soter on two coins bearing an inscrip-
tion in those unknown characters. Mr. J. Prinsep, how-
ever, at once suspected the fallaciousness of this reading,
for he remarked that " the apparently Greek letters,
when inverted, resembled closely the Dehli character; it
would be wrong, therefore, to assume positively that they
were Greek."2 He felt convinced that the resemblance
to Greek letters was "entirely accidental, and that the
alphabet was really "of the Sanskrit family." It was
for the purpose of determining this point that he under-
took the trouble of minutely analysing and classifying
all the symbols occurring in the Allahabad pillar inscrip-
tion. ' Proceeding in this manner, he soon perceived
that each radical letter was subject to five principal
inflections, the same in all, corresponding in their nature
and application with the five vowel marks of the ancient
Sanskrit of the Gupta inscriptions which way already
1
Description de l'lnde, Part I, p. 129 (French Edition). Mr. J. Prinsep, in
J. A. S. B., Vol. Ill, p. 117, seems to have thought it an original observation of
Mr. Stirling's ; but the latter himself refers to Tieffenthaler. * J. A. S. B.,
Vol. Ill, p. 433.
60 Archceology, History, Literature, etc. [CHAP. HI.
well-known at that time. His result he exhibited in a

well-arranged table showing the letters and their inflections,
and thus clearly established his first point, that the letters
were Sanskrit and not Greek.1
The next point to discover was the power, or signification
of these unknown letters, that is, to determine to which of the
Sanskrit characters of the well-known NasKiri svstem each
of the unknown ancient Sanskrit symbols corresponded.
The first mode which occurred to him was to count how
often each radical symbol of the unknown system and of the
modern Nagar respectively occurred in a page of the
ancient inscription and in a page of a modern copy of
some well-known Sanskrit work (he took the Bhatti
Kavya\ and then to compare the numbers thus obtained.
The idea, of course, was that those symbols which were
found to coincide in frequency in the two lists would
prove to possess the same power of signification. Though
Mr. Prinsep himself appears to have expected much from
this process,2 it led to no result, and with our present know-
ledge, it is easy to see that it could not possibly yield anv
result; the very preliminary conditions of a successful
comparison wete absent; for, as we now know, the subject-
matter of the two writings compared is widely different, and
what is more, the language of the inscription is not Sanskrit,
but an ancient kind of Prakrit (Pali). The next method
which Mr. Prinsep tried for the purpose of determining the
value of the unknown letters was a much sounder one, and
one which did actually lead a long way in the solution of
the riddle. He set himself to compare carefully the forms
of the unknown letters with those of the Gupta alphabet, the
oldest till then known. In this manner he soon discovered
1
J. A. S. B., VoV III, p. 117, plate v ; also ibid., p. 487. • Ibid., p. 484.
that certain letters of the two alphabets resembled one

another, from which he further concluded that in all
probability they were identical. And though no doubt
some of his identifications ultimately turned out to be
erroneouSj he was correct in many others; for example,
,in those referred to by him in the following passage,
written in October 1834:—"From the resemblance (of
a certain subjoined letter) to the corresponding letter
of the Gaya alphabet, I think a strong probability is estab-
Jished that this letter is equivalent to y of the Deva-
nagari alphabet. The other subjoined letter has a great
analogy to the Sanskrit v. The letter with which those two
are most frequently united-may, with equal probability, be
set down as equivalent to the Devandgari s"1 About the
same time, encouraged by the earlier efforts of Mr. Prinsep,
the Rev. J. Stevenson was induced to take up the same
line of enquiry, and succeeded in adding a few more to
the list of identified symbols, among them those for k, j\
th, />, and b.2
With the help of these identifications attempts were
at once made to translate the inscriptions, but with no
satisfactory result; partly because the translators were
still under the erroneous impression that their language
was Sanskrit,3 partly because of the most important letters
some had been wrongly identified (e.g., n as r), while
others had not been identified at all (e.g., d). One very
striking and most interesting application, however, was
made at this stage by Professor Lassen, of Bonn, who,
in 1835 or 1836, successfully read the name of Agathocles
on a Bactrian coin, inscribed with those ancient symbols.
1 3
J. A. S. B., Vol. Ill, p. 485. a jyl(itj p. 493. Ibid., pp. 487, 495.
4
lbidt, Vol. V, p. 723 ; and Vol. VI., 4G5.
(52 Archeology, History, Literature, etc. [CHAP. HI.
But it was not till early in 1837 that Mr. Prinsep discovered
by what cannot be described otherwise than a happy
inspiration, that which proved to be the key to the whole
mystery, the little word ddnarn meaning 'a gift/ This dis-
covery will be best narrated in Mr. Prinsep's own words:
"In laying open a discovery of this nature, some little expla-,
nation is generally expected of the means by which it has
been attained. Like most other inventions, when once
found, it appears extremely simple; and, as in most others,
accident rather than study has had the merit of solving
the enigma which has so long baffled the learned. While
arranging and lithographing the numerous scraps of
facsimiles for Plate X X V I I , I was struck at their all
terminating ?fith the same two letters. Coupling this
circumstance with their extreme brevity and insulated
position, which proved that they could not be fragments
of a continuous text, it immediately occurred that they
must record either obituary notices, or more probably the
offerings and presents of votaries, as is known to be the
present custom in the Buddhist temples at Ava, where
numerous dwajas or flagstaff's, images a'nd small chaityas,
are crowded within the enclosure, surrounding the chief
cupola, each bearing the name of the donor. The next
point noted was the frequent occurrence of the letter,
already set down incontestably as s, before the final word
of each record. Now this I had learnt from the Saurashtm
coins, deciphered only a day or two before,1 to be one sign of
the genitive case singular, being the ssa of the Pali, or sya of
the Sanskrit. ' Of so and so the gift' must then be the form
of each brief sentence; and the vowel a and anuswdra led
to the speedy recognition of the word ddnam (gift),
" J. A. S. B., Vol. VI, pp. 378ff.

teaching me the very two letters, d and w, most different
from known forms, and which had failed me most in my
former attempts. Since 1834 also my acquaintance with
ancient alphabets had become so familiar that most of
the remaining letters in the present examples could be
named at once on re-inspection. In the course of a few
minutes I thus became possessed of the whole alphabet,
which I tested by applying it to* the inscription on the
Dehli column."1
Mr. Prinsep speedily applied his discovery not only to the
* decipherment of the Dehli pillar and Sauclii Tope inscrip-
tions,2 but, in rapid and regular succession, to every one
of the groups of inscriptions, which till then had been
made known,—those on the pillars of Allahabad, Dehli,
Radhia, Mathiah,3 on the rocks of Girnar and Dhauli,4 in
the caves of Barabar, Junir and Khandagiri,5 and on the
Buddhist coins.6 His readings and interpretations, though
by no means perfect,—indeed even after the revised read-
ings of Messrs. Wilson, Burnduf, Kern, Senart, and others
an entirely satisfactory translation is still a desideratum—
at all events sufficed to demonstrate the genuineness of his
discoverv.
The discovery of the key to these ancient characters
proved to be only the commencement of a series of dis-
coveries, in some respects even more important, relating
to the language and chronology of ancient India. Most
of these, too, it was the good fortune of Mr. James Prinsep
to make.
From the beginning it was suspected that the charac-
ters were of a very great age, and* Mr. Prinsep in 1834 at
« J. A. S. B., Vol. VI, pp. 4G0, 461. * Ibid., pp. 4Glff, 467ff ; and Vol. VII,
a 4
pp. 662ff. Ibid., Vol. VI, pp. fS66ff, and 9G3ff. Ibid., Vol. VII, pp. 15Gff;
5 6
219ff, 434ff. Ibid., VoL VI, pp. G76ff, l<M2ff, 1072ff. Ibid., pp. 4G3ff.
64 Archceology^ History, Literature, etc. [CHAP. HI.
once declared his belief that they were more ancient than
the Gupta characters, which at the time were believed to
be coeval with the commencement of the Christian
era. He thought that this might be proved—" First, by
the position the inscription occupied on the Allahabad
columns as well as on that of Dehli; in both it was the
principal, and, as it were, the original inscription, the
others being subsequently added, perhaps on some occa-
sion of triumph or-visit to the spot. Secondly, the sim-
plicity of the character and the limited number of
radicals denoted its priority to the more complicated and
refined system afterwards adopted; while, thirdly, the very
great rarity of its occurrence on ancient monuments, and
the perfect ignorance which prevailed regarding its origin
in the earliest Persian historians who mentioned the lath of
Feroz Shah, confirmed its belonging to an epoch beyond the
reach of native research."1 With the exception of the refer-
ence to the very great rarity of such inscriptions—for they
really occur more frequently than it was known at that
time—Mr. Prinsep's reasons still hold good. But the
question was finally set at rest, and the truth of his surmise
proved by the discovery, made mainly by Mr. Prinsep him-
self, of the mention in the inscription of the names of certain
persons whose place in history was perfectly well ascer-
tained. On applying his key to the pillar inscriptions, he
soon discovered in 1837 that they contained edicts pro-
mulgated by a certain king called " Piyadasii, the beloved
of the gods;" 2 and his discovery was carried a step fur-
ther by the Hon'ble G. Tumour, who, a little later in the
same year, succeeded,, from information afforded by the
historical works of the Buddhists in Ceylon, in identifying
1
J. A. S. B.. Vol. HI, p. H6. * Ibid., Vol. VI, pp. 47Off.
the Piyadasi of the inscriptions with the Indian king
Asoka, a grandson of the well-known Chandra Gupta, of the
Maurya dynasty.1 In the following year, 1838, Mr. Prinsep
crowned this series of discoveries by discovering that king
Piyadasi in his edicts mentioned by name several Greek
kings. Among them were an Antiochus and a Ptolemy.
It is true that Turnour, whose view was adopted by Mr.
Prinsep, misled by the inaccurate clirouological system of
the Ceylonese Buddhist works, fell into an error in calcu-
lating Asoka's date, making his long reign of forty-one years
to fall at first into the last quarter of the fourth century
B.C., and afterwards into the second half of the third
century B.C.,2 ancj accordingly identifying the Autiochus
of the inscriptions with Autiochus III (the Great of
Syria, 225-176 B.C.).3 Later investigations have shown
that the two names of Antiochus and Ptolemy mentioned
in the inscriptions really referred to Antiochus II (Theos
of Syria, 263-247 B.C.), and Ptolemy III (Philadelphus
of Egypt, 281-247 B.C.), and that the correct date of
Asoka's reign most probably is about 264-223 B.C.4 But,
though important as regards strict historical accuracy,
after all the correction is too insignificant to detract any-
thing from the honour due to Messrs. Prinsep and Turnour
for the success of their original discovery.
The opinions of the early enquirers with regard to the
language in which these ancient inscriptions were com-
posed went through some curious alternations. The earli-
est view was that they were expressed in an ancient species
of the vernacular of India, or, as we should now say,
in a species of ancient Pr&krit (orP&li). This was the
/ . —-
1
J. A. S. B., Vol. VI, pp. 1054ff. * ibid, p. 1057. a Ibid., Vol. VII, p. 162.
4
See Geul. Cunningham's Corpus Inaoriptionum Indicarum, preface, pp. iii, vii.
5
6Q Archaeology, History, Literature, etc. [CHAP. H I .
opinion of Lieutenant Wilford, who, writing about the

year 1795 on the Ellora inscriptions, which he thought he
had deciphered, says:—"They are written in an ancient
vernacular dialect, and the characters, though very differ-
ent from those now in use, are nevertheless derived from
the original or primeval Sanskrit, for the elements are the
same." 1 Lieutenant Wilford's opinion appears to have been
generally acquiesced in, for Mr. A. Stirling, referring to
the Khanuagiri rock inscription, in 1823, writes:—4% The
natives of the district can give no explanation whatever
on the subject. The Brahmins refer the inscription
with shuddering and disgust to the budh ha amel, or
time when the Buddhist doctrines prevailed. I have in
vain also applied to the Jains of the district for an explana-
tion. I cannot, however, divest myself of the notion that
the character has qome connection with the ancient Prakrit;
and considering that it occurs in a spot for many ages con-
secrated to the worship of Parasnath, which the Brahmins
are pleased to confound with the Buddhist religion, and
that the figure or characteristic mark which appears in
company with it (the swastika) does, iu some sort, seem to
identify it with the former worship, I am persuaded that a
full explanation is to be looked for only from some of the
learned of the Jain sect." 2
Mr. Stirling's opinion, though based more on con-
jecture than sound evidence, came really much nearer
the truth than he at that time could know; but the
discovery of it was not made by a " learned of the Jain
sect," but by one of his own nation. Previously, how-
ever, the current of the general opinion regarding the
language of the inscription underwent, for a time, an entire
1 2
AB. Res.jVol. V, p. 136. Ibid., Vol. XV, pp. 314, 315.
CHAP, in.] Ancient Indian Alphabets. • 67
change. Tina may be inferred from a remark of Mr. James
Prinsep in 1834:—" It is not yet ascertained whether the
language this character expresses is Sanskrit."1 The remark,
it is true, occurs in an argument directed, not against the
Prakrit, but the Greek theory of the inscription, and may
therefore be thought not necessarily to exclude the former
theory. But in the same year the Sanskrit theory was dis-
tinctly put forward by Mr. B. H. Hodgson in a letter
addressed to Mr. J. Prinsep:—" When we consider the wide
diffusion over all parts of India of these alphabetical signs,
we can scarcely doubt their derivation from Devandgari, and
the inference is equally worthy of attention that the language
is Sanskrit."2 And in commenting on this communication,
Mr. J. Prinsep expressed his acquiescence in Mr. Hodgson's
suggestion :—" The new facts now brought to light will, I
hope, tend to facilitate this object (the discovery of the
language), and leave little doubt that the alphabet is a modi-
fication of Devanagari and the language Sanskrit, as sug-
gested by Mr. Hodgson."3 Neither were Messrs. Hodgson
and Prinsep singular in accepting this view; for it was also
held by the Rev. J. Stevenson, on the Bombay side, as is
evident from a remark he made in transmitting (in 1834)
to Mr. Prinsep the result of his researches into the pillar
inscriptions:—u I think the first thirteen letters on the Alla-
habad stone may, without much difficulty, be rend as con-
taining an address, probably to the sun, in pure Sanskrit."4
Of course, this view was at once abandoned, the moment
that Mr. Prinsep made his great discovery of the key to the
true reading of the ancient character which left no further
doubt that the language was realty an old vernacular, a kind
1
J. A. S. B.. Vol. VI, p 1J6. * IbUL, Vol. I l l , pp. 481, 482. • Ibid., p. 487.
4
Ibid., p. 4<)5. •
68 Archceology, History, Literature, etc. [CHAP. HI.
of ancient Pr&krit. Communicating the first c\CVrect trans-
cription of the opening sentence of the pillar inscription, after
his discovery, Mr. Prinsep says:—"Here we perceive at
once that the language is the same as was observed on the
Bhilsa fragments"—which had just before furnished him with
the 4key,'—"notSanskrit but the vernacular modification
of it, which has been so fortunately preserved for us hi the
P&li scriptures of Ceylon and Ava."1 The last statement
is not strictly correct. It is now known that the language
of the Asoka inscriptions is not identical with the P&li
of the Southern Buddhists,- though it is very closely
allied to that language. It cannot be expected, however,
that suck an intricate point of difference should be recog-
nized at once; and as to the main issue, undoubtedly
Mr. Prinsep's discovery was perfectly genuine.
Looking back on the series of discoveries, for which we are
thus indebted to his genius, it is impossible not to sympathise
heartily with the gratified tone of Mr. Prinsep's words, in
which he, in 1837, shortly before he left the shores of India,
summed up the results of his original researches. It was a
particularly gratifying circumstance which afforded him the
occasion of doing so. Some years previously, Colonel W. H.
Sykes had forwarded to the Royal Asiatic Society of
England a series of copies of inscriptions met with in
Western India ; but on learning, as he says, " the admirable
and efficient use Mr. Prinsep had made in his able journal,
of the ancient inscriptions and ancient coins found in
various parts of India, he was induced to apply to with-
draw all his copies from the hands of the Royal Asiatic
Society with a view to offer them to Mr. Prinsep to make
such use of as he might think proper."* As it happened,
1
J. A. S. B., Vol. VI, p. 469. * Ibid., p. 1038.

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CENTENARY REVIEW

ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL

\RT I.—HISTORY OP TEIH SOCIETY.

DR. RAJEKDBALALA MITUA.

PART II.— •AIICIIJK>UHJY, HISTOBT, LiTfiBATUBB,

PART [II.—NATURAL SOIHBTOB,

PROI ik OF THE SPECIAL CENTENARY MEETIXG OF THE SOCIETY

ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL

HISTORr OF THE SOCIETY

RAJENDRALALA MITRA, LL.D., C.I.E

HISTORY" OF THE SOCIETY.

A HUNDRED years have elapsed—a century of arduous

. For convenience of treatment, this Review will be

designated as the "Asiatic Society of Bengal ;" but the

worldy who have derived so much pleasure and information

at the second meeting ot tlie society

balloted for and elected at the next meeting. At the

liowever, that the various lists from which the statement

Along with the letter above referred to, a second was

mittees,- one for "Natural History, Philosophy,. Medi-

religion, and educated men of independent means and

affording a means of recreation to men of literary habits after

the builder bears date February 1, 1806, and the cost

works of reference in science and oriental literature. The

have been obtained. The losses in this department have,

the complete set the Society is indebted to Mr. B. H. Hodg-

For a colonial Library such a collection of nearly 30,000

men, whose labours contributed so largely to establish and

" Ancient monuments, Muhummadan or Hindu.

The Museum thus formed thrived rapidly. Contribu-

Proceedings, AuguBt 1817.

experienced and useful an officer, a resolution was adopted

ject, and to solicit such support as is accorded in most

to save it from impending ruin or to enable it to support its

The prayer of the memorial was limited to a grant of

authorities, rather than by the Local Government. In the first

On the receipt of this, a second petition was submitted,

they had for two years devoted so considerable a portion of their

of Dr. Heifer and other scientific officers had invited the

the Zoological branch with but a small contribution from

tracted, and the inconvenience felt by the Society from

compensation for its claim to accommodation in the Museum

Paris under the title of " Rqpherches Asiatiques."1 In

once popular and highly esteemed periodical were manifold.

N ations poured in so rapidly that he had to abstain from

after two years.1 But it had already established its

of sufficient interest to be worthy of publication. An-

second century of the Society's career will be signalized

selected in the most judicious manner, we are still of

his secretaryship was an edition of the Tdrikh-i-Nddiri

translations to be made here in India with all Hindu

scholars in the Council of the Society have at tinier caused

Lees, nekekyan Bey, Mr. Henry Blochmann, Mnjor

Appendix C supplies a detailed list of all the works

likely to afford the information which they may require; it would

Asiatic Society had at its disposal a moderate addition to those

It has been incidentally noticed (ante, p. 57), that

be independent of the ordinary resources of the Society ;

This led to the stoppage of the Curator's allowance on

dation in the Indian Museum building, enabled the Society

he wrote nothing that did not at once command the liMi-

tician and astronomer, and contributed eleven papers in

pages, as also in the subsequent parts of this Review.

McGregor, Lieut. A. Murray.—An M'Olelland, Dr. John (CJIft.^Des-